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Apple, Amazon and Microsoft all use asthma-inducing, climate destroying coal to power the “cloud” that stores your emails, photos, music and videos. Take action now & tell these companies to clean the cloud.

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More on Fox spinning the wind turbine (and Bullies).

From Treehugger: Wind Farms Cause Global Warming, Fox News Says
From Care2: Bully: The Movie and the Movement

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More on the President’s blackness

From We Are the Respectable Negroes: Fear of a Black President? Love of the Confederacy? Explaining the Tea Party GOP and the “Southern Religion”
From MotherJones: 109 things President Obama currently is or recently has been engaged in a war against (according to conservative pundits, lazy headline writers, and Google trawling
From the New Yorker: Covert Operations–The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama.
From Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet

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Above:A Humorous Look at Monsanto’s Future.
Below: A Scary Look at Monsanto’s Past.

(Sources and much more info, linked below this text)
It’s apparent that all of the Monsanto endeavors I chose to highlight here, rode the same wave of public opinion. In regards to nuclear weapons, DDT, PCBs, Agent Orange and aspartame the talking point was that each was beneficial in some way to America/Americans. It wasn’t until time (life’s best teacher) taught us that these were all highly toxic and deadly endeavors with the same two outcomes. People got sick/died and Monsanto got rich.
I am confident that GMOs will (eventually) follow suit.

Regarding why Monsanto would falsify cancer research which delayed the ban of PCB’s for years–Monsanto’s PCB monopoly had been netting them $22 million dollars a year. This is a chemical company making decisions to increase profit, not “help the world” or “feed the world” or “help farmers” or “help communities” or “be sustainable” or…

More info on Monsanto’s past, present, and future (sources for the infographic)

From Sourcewatch (and ALEC Exposed):
Monsanto company profile
Monsanto’s Global Pollution Legacy
Monsanto and the Campaign to Undermine Organics
From the Organic Consumer Association:
Agribusiness, Biotechnology and War
SOS Campaign (Safeguard Organic Standards)
From Sierra Club: CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE (Monsanto’s PCB cover up)
From PublicIntegrity.org: The Superfund document (pdf) sited in the infographic
From Cornucopia Institute: Take action to safeguard organic standards
…Oh, I almost forgot this from Grist: (Monsanto’s) Roundup weed killer is showing up in air and water
Awesome! No weeds in my lungs, EVER!

Take Action

Support LabelGMO’s campaign to label GMOs in our food.
Show your disdain for Monsanto and GMO’s with one of my anti-Monsanto t-shirts (from Zazzle)

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More on Citizens United and Super PACs

From HuffPo: Citizens United and Contributions to Super PACs: A Little History Is in Order
From Salon: The hard truth about Citizens United
From Open Secrets: Super PACs (full breakdown)

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More on the Lorax Movie

From WaPo: The Lorax helps market Mazda SUVs to elementary school children nationwide
From HuffPo: ‘The Lorax’ Movie: Environmental Message & SUV Spokesman
From The Stranger: The Lorax: A ThreeD Is a Thing Dr. Seuss Shouldn’t Need

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More on our food and labelling GMOs

From Huffington Post: Why We Must Occupy Our Food Supply
From Label GMOs: Spread the Word!
From EatDrinkBetter: Judge Sides with Monsanto in Lawsuit

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More on Komen’s hypocrisy…oh, and the “Coal Cares” ad

From Mother Jones: WATCH: Airing the Komen Foundation’s Dirty Pink Laundry [Saunders Cartoon]
From the Organic Trade Association: Cotton and the Environment (some crazy stuff in here)
From BelleSouth: Why you should have boycotted Komen before this week
From Treehugger: World’s Largest Coal Company Gives Out Free Asthma Inhalers to Kids (Not.)

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Special thanks to Greg Voakes for sharing this infographic.

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Cartoonist’s note: This image will soon be added to my Anti-Monsanto T-shirt store.

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If you are one of these mind-boggling Republicans, remember these toxins and carcinogens get into the mother and have an immediate and drastic effect on fetuses. If anything, protect the earth from harmful toxins for the fetuses. You won’t have to call yourselves “environmentalists”, call yourselves “Fetus Purifiers”, or something of the like…I’m sure you’re quite clever.

By the way, there are even Republicans environmentalists. You can join them (or him).

It’s never too late to stop cutting off your nose to ensure the major polluting industries that back your politician keep making insane profits (sharing none of the gains yet all of the “unforeseen” losses) while making us sick. I think that’s how the saying goes…

More on protecting the environment for fetuses (and the living)

From Medscape: Childhood Cancer and Environmental Toxins Are Both Increasing
From Discovery Health: Infant Development and Toxins
From Sierra Student Coalition: Tackling Childhood Asthma Not Coal Industry Priority After All
From NRDC: Benefits of Organic Food (or, “Why conventional farming is harmful”)

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More on why you too should say F U to GMOs:

From Grist: The next generation of GMOs could be especially dangerous
From Organic Consumers Association: Millions Against Monsanto
From PlanetSave: Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Maize Fields
From Cornucopia Institute: More on GMOs

By the way, my cartoon website (and any other website speaking truth to corporate power) may get shut down if the SOPA legislation passes. It’s internet censorship. It kills the freedom of speech and today is the day to take action.

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With environmental-cartoon topics ranging from Michelle Bachmann to Tim DeChristopher, Breastfeeding to Big Coal, it was an interesting year in environmental cartoons.

Follow this link and spend a few minutes looking over what were my eleven most-viewed cartoons of 2011.

Happy New Year!
Joe Mohr (aka “Mean Joe green”)

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This cartoon was inspired by the Washington Post article, “Energy industry shapes lessons in public schools“

Big Coal may be molding our youth with pro-coal propaganda, but worry not, Big Coal also offers a “green” video to teachers called “The Greening of Planet Earth,” which says that “our world is deficient in carbon dioxide, and a doubling of atmospheric CO2 is very beneficial.”

Doubling the CO2 is good for you. By you they mean their bottom line. Afterall, to Big Coal “you” are either a means to drive profit or block profit. They’re doing what they can to make sure our children do not grow up and do the latter. Of course, they’re also making sure our children grow up with an increased risk of asthma, premature death, and mercury-related illness.

Fortunately, the EPA just set new rules to limit mercury and other toxic emissions. As David Roberts of Grist states, “It will save tens of thousands of lives every year and prevent birth defects, learning disabilities, and respiratory diseases. It will make America a more decent, just, and humane place to live.”

David, and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, must not have gone to a Coalementary School. However, these folks did!

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Part surfing documentary and part environmental journalism, Tipping Barrels: Journey Into the Great Bear is a 20-minute short that’s worth the watch. Surfers and brothers Arran and Reid Jackson venture through Central and North Coast, B.C., wherein lies one of the unspoiled rainforests in the world—a home to wolves, grizzlies, and yes, spirit bears. The area is, unfortunately, at risk thanks to the Northern Gateway pipeline that will run from Alberta to the West Coast, delivering crude oil for Asian markets. It would likely destroy the rainforest habitat for the bear populations.

Oh, and the surfing footage is pretty cool, too.

[Via: Peanut Butter Coast]

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Patagonia Sur’s revenue comes from membership-based eco-tourism, limited and ecologically appropriate development in highly-prized locations, ecologically friendly aquaculture and agriculture, carbon sequestration and the sale of carbon offsets.

For more details on this partnership, visit here.

[Photo via: Patagonia Sur]

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This compelling video tells a succinct version of the dirty coal story.

For more info visit powerpastcoal.org

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More on Fox News and their passionately misinformed legion of followers

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Both the county and city mayors of Salt Lake City, along with the US Forest Service, have recently voiced their opposition to a proposed Utah ski lift, which would link two Salt Lake City area ski resorts, The Canyons and Solitude.

Management from the two resorts met this past fall to propose a gondola that would open thousands of backcountry acres and reduce Salt Lake area traffic between Park City and the famed Cottonwood Canyons within city limits. These officials argue that the linkage would exponentially reduce Salt Lake area traffic.

But, according to Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, there is more at risk than red lights and crowded city streets.

“Ignoring the importance of our sensitive watershed areas is unacceptable and sets a perilous precedent for the future of this resource for the entire Salt Lake Valley,” Becker said.

It seems long term issues like groundwater and ecological stability are not at the forefront of developers’ minds. Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Coroon went on to say, “I will not support measures which compromise our environment, watersheds, or protected wilderness.”

It’s good to see state government officials speaking out against environmental destruction.

Even though the resorts claim that the lift would keep Utah’s Wasatch wilderness pristine and intact, never dropping riders in the backcountry, the US Forest Service has said otherwise. Though the lift wouldn’t drop skiers into the backcountry, the construction process alone will “mar the alpine backcountry.”

[Via: Deseret News]

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The LABOR OF LOVE series stands for the small businesses and designers who are still creating and constructing products in America instead of opting for oversees manufacturing like many competitors. The video above features Lauren Junker, creator of Totally Tubular Designs, who gets her kicks from foraging through trash to find used bike tubes, colorful tires and vinyl—materials that she will later sew into bags, wallets and jewelry. Her unique designs stand out from the typical designer bags you’ll find on the shelves of most department stores and serve as a reminder that we can all make small contributions to the environment through our purchasing decisions.

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The Vancouver Sun conducted a lengthy investigation and found that the negative environmental impacts were much greater than just the havoc of the pine beetle. From small predators to forest plants, biodiversity has been compromised. The risk of flooding has been increased, which in turn increases erosion and sedimentation affecting roads, bridges and aquatic life. The expansion logging roads has also increased pressure on animals from hunters.

The pine beetle has thrived because of warmer winters which have increased it’s survival rate.

[Via: The Vancouver Sun]

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The number of surfing fanatics throughout the world is growing–so much so that if all of us surfers stood shoulder to shoulder we would stretch the length of the United States eight times. That’s a lot of surfers, and the more surfers, the more toxin-filled boards, wetsuits and miscellaneous surfing products these surfers need. With a goal of bringing attention to the environmental impact of surfing, Envirosurfer developed a detailed visual to explain the toxicity of surfing. The infographic shares the environmental impact of everything you count on to enjoy incredible waves. It shows quick surfing facts, major product concerns and earth-friendly alternatives for keeping your surfing days free from toxins. Check out this link to find out how you can surf sustainably and responsibly.

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Judge Royce C. Lambeth ruled last Monday that Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga whales were properly listed as endangered and said the National Marine Fisheries Service correctly followed the Endangered Species Act. The state’s lawsuit was rejected on grounds that a decade long ban on subsistence hunting of the whales had not revived the dwindling population.

“When the best available science predicts that a recently enacted ban on subsistence hunting will reverse the abrupt depletion of a species, a decade without any noticeable recovery in the species population should raise a concern that the true cause of its decline has not been fully addressed,” Lambeth wrote.

The whale’s population diminished during the 1980s and early ’90s and nose-dived between 1994 and 1998 when Alaska Natives caught almost half the remaining 650 whales in those four years.

Previously Alaska was unsuccessful in suing to overturn the listing of polar bears as a threatened species. Currently the state has filed suit to overturn restrictions on commercial mackerel and cod fishing in the western Aleutian Islands to protect endangered Steller sea lions.

[Via: The Statesman Journal]

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The first wolf trapping season in the lower 48 since the species’ reintroduction into the Rocky Mountain states opened last week in northern Idaho. The season, running from November 15 to March 31, will allow previously protected wolves to be caught and killed with metal foothold traps. Ranchers and cattlemen cite wild wolves for several livestock deaths this year alone.

Animal rights groups fear that, along with the legalization of wolf hunting in Idaho, which began on August 31st and has yielded 138 wolves to date, and the removal of the wolf from the endangered species list in May, trapping would cause slow and painful deaths and shrink even further the region’s young and delicate wolf population. And trapping might even contribute to the problem. Ranchers have been given a green light to shoot any wolves reported to be “molesting” livestock or pets.

According to the Idaho Departement of Fish and Game (IDFG), molesting refers to “the actions of a wolf that are annoying, disturbing or persecuting, especially with hostile intent or injurious effect, or chasing, driving, flushing, worrying, following after or on the trail of, or stalking or lying in wait for, livestock or domestic animals.”

It seems that many exceptions are being made for ranchers defending private properties and herds. According to wolf advocate Derek Goldman of the Western Wolf Coalition, “Livestock loss to wolves represents less than one percent of livestock loss.” But opponents like Ron Gillette, president of the Idaho Anti-Wolf Coalition, claim that advocates like Goldman have, ”Elevated these wolves to a doglike status.”

Obviously the parties are split—even polarized.

“Wolves are a hot topic and there’s lot of controversy,” Pat Carney, Idaho Trappers Association president, says. “We wanted to make sure anybody who was going to be handling wolves with traps or snares, that they were knowledgeable and doing it correctly.”

And that’s what the IDFG did: required a class for all trappers seeking wolf permits. Which, of course is a good thing. The class, according to an anonymous attendee, covered “law, history, ethics, equipment, sets and avoidance of non target animals and more ethics.”  The trapper went on to say that the IDFG are “on top off the situation and should be commended.”

But the question remains: when does hunting become a threat to one of the only Endangered Species Act success stories in our nation’s history? After all, at the beginning of the last century, wolves had been nearly annihilated from US soil. And now with a wolf population of nearly 1,000 (still only a fraction of what it once was), Idaho aims to bring the numbers back down to around 150 animals or 15 breeding pairs. And it seems the state has full governmental support. Even Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter claims he would “bid for the first ticket to shoot a wolf myself.”  And Ron Gillette goes on to say, ”We don’t care if they shoot ‘em, we don’t care if they poison ‘em, we don’t care what they do. But get ‘em out.”

[Via: KVAL]

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Wouldn’t it be grand if every turkey Americans ate this past Thursday died like this one? Check out this amazing video about how some of our most responsible farmers give thanks to the turkeys they raise and eat. Gobble, gobble.

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Courtney Mattison is a scientist, artist, environmentalist and student. In order to better understand ocean life and the organisms in her studies she started a project that would visually represent the Earth’s oceans. She decided to create a 15-foot tall, 11-foot wide, and 1500 pound sculpture that would reflect not only the beauty of ocean life but also the threats climate change places on marine organisms, specifically coral reef. The exhibit is now on display at the AAAS Gallery in Washington D.C. The video above explains Mattison’s significant project and her efforts to promote conservation.

[Via: AAAS]

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