Buildings around us create a whopping one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions — that is about ten times more than air traffic worldwide. In Europe … Building cities with wood would store half of cement industry’s current carbon emissionsRead more
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Crushing Labour Laws Amidst Successive Industrial Accidents Is Serious Insult to Injury
Industrial accidents are far too common in India. Two disastrous incidences of gas leakage at Visakhapatnam’s LG Polymers plant and a boiler blast at NCL … Crushing Labour Laws Amidst Successive Industrial Accidents Is Serious Insult to InjuryRead more
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NGT shuts down Chinese steel plant in Gujarat
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on November 21 ordered Chinese giant Chromeni Steels to stop all activities in its steel plant in Gujarat’s Mundra block … NGT shuts down Chinese steel plant in GujaratRead more
Posted inCopyright / Industry / ToMl
The Real Reason for Germany’s Industrial Expansion?
The entire country seemed to be obsessed with reading. The sudden passion for books struck even booksellers as strange and in 1836 led literary critic … The Real Reason for Germany’s Industrial Expansion?Read more
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100,000 Pages of Chemical Industry Secrets Gathered Dust in an Oregon Barn for Decades — Until Now
For decades, some of the dirtiest, darkest secrets of the chemical industry have been kept in Carol Van Strum’s barn. Creaky, damp, and prowled by … 100,000 Pages of Chemical Industry Secrets Gathered Dust in an Oregon Barn for Decades — Until NowRead more
Posted inEconomics / Farm / Industry
“Woody breast” could bite the chicken business
The poultry industry has a fowl problem: an emerging phenomenon called “woody breast.” While it’s not harmful to humans, the condition causes chicken breasts to … “Woody breast” could bite the chicken businessRead more
Posted inIndustry / Meat / Multimedia / Pollution
Pollution from meat industry
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It’s Time to Ditch Industrial Agriculture for Good
If you can count as successes increased greenhouse gases, ecosystem degradation, rises in hunger and obesity, and unbalanced power in food systems, then industrial agriculture … It’s Time to Ditch Industrial Agriculture for GoodRead more
Posted inIndustry / Meat / Pollution / ToMl / USA Empire
Tyson Foods Dumps More Pollution Into US Waterways Each Year Than ExxonMobil
Tyson Foods, one of the largest producers of meat in the world, is responsible for dumping more toxic pollution by volume into U.S. waters than … Tyson Foods Dumps More Pollution Into US Waterways Each Year Than ExxonMobilRead more
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Unequal Risk of electronic workers from toxic chemicals
In the photograph, a frozen moment of optimism, Yvette Flores is smiling. It’s the summer of 1979. Yvette, in a flower-patterned dress, is 22 years … Unequal Risk of electronic workers from toxic chemicalsRead more