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The Cornucopia Institute has been fighting to protect access to truly raw American almonds. When the USDA announced their intention to gas almonds with a toxic fumigant or steam-heat the raw nuts – and still call them raw – Cornucopia began working with almond farmers, consumers and retailers to block this misguided food safety measure.

The USDA requires that raw almonds be treated with propylene oxide (a toxic fumigant recognized as a carcinogen by the EPA) or steam-heated before sale to American consumers. Foreign-grown almonds are exempt and are rapidly displacing raw domestic nuts on the market. Almonds treated with propylene oxide or steam heat can still be labeled as “raw”. This is extremely misleading for consumers looking for raw food choices.

It’s a long road to really creating an eco friendly world, but we are making positive steps forward. Very often these little steps are made by individuals, cities, and mayors that are not waiting on national legislature. There is allot of debate to why national governments are taking their time, one of which is the involvement and persuasion of the oil industry. Today, a very inspirational story came to my attention that has been going on for years that surrounds those big bad oil companies.

Governor Palin and Attorney General Gansler join victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill  before oral arguments are scheduled to begin before the Supreme Court in the Fishermen and Native Subsistence lawsuit, Baker vs. Exxon. The suit, a class action composed of 32,677 commercial fishermen, related individuals and businesses, private landowners, Native Alaskans, municipalities, and other claimants from across the country affected by the spill.

What happens when you recycle, compost, or craig's list all your trash and no longer need (or want to pay for) city trash service? If you live in San Carlos, CA, you can expect a lawsuit from the city.

Over four dozen coal plants are being targeted in 29 states. Roughly 50% of the power in the United States is produced by Coal powered plants.

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday denied Vancouver-based mining giant Teck Cominco's application for the re-hearing of a lawsuit launched by Washington State citizens over pollution in the upper Columbia River. As a result it is possible that Teck Cominco will have to pay millions of dollars to U.S. citizens who claim to have been affected by its pollution. Actually enforcing a cross-border "pay-up" command against Teck Cominco is still a challenge untested. Actually seeing a cleanup of the upper Columbia River? It may be impossible.

Governor Schwarzenegger announces that California has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) forfailing to act on California's tailpipe emissions waiver request. Fourteen other states are expected to join California's lawsuit.

In a new scientific technique that could prove a boon to legal cases, samples of DNA from a healthy person can be compared against a claimant’s DNA.