By The Defender Staff
‘Scientists’ Dump 65,000 Liters of Chemicals Into Ocean in Geoengineering Experiment
In a move that’s raising alarm, researchers have poured 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine, claiming it’s a step toward combating climate change through geoengineering. With unknown effects on marine life, many are worried this experiment reeks of tinkering that could backfire.
The trial, dubbed the LOC-NESS project, took place off the Massachusetts coast last August, with scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution leading the charge. They argue that boosting ocean alkalinity could suck more CO2 from the atmosphere, turning it into harmless baking soda.
Yet, as globalist agendas push these unproven fixes, freedom-loving skeptics see it as another layer of control over nature without public consent. Over four days, the team added the alkaline chemical, tagged with red dye for tracking, to waters 50 miles off Boston.
“These early results demonstrate that small-scale OAE deployments can be engineered, tracked, and monitored with high precision,” said principal investigator Adam Subhas of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. “We need independent, transparent research to determine which solutions might work.” The method, known as Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE), aims to mimic and accelerate the ocean’s natural CO2 absorption.
A Surprising Percentage of Produce From the Nation’s Largest Supplier Contains ‘Forever’ Pesticides
Nearly 40% of nonorganic fruits and vegetables grown in California contain traces of pesticides that are also PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” according to a new investigation.
California supplies nearly half of the vegetables and more than three-quarters of the fruits and nuts eaten in the United States.
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are called “forever chemicals” because their strong carbon to fluoride molecular bonds can take years to decades — even centuries— to completely break down in the environment. It’s estimated there are nearly 15,000 types of fluorinated chemicals, or PFAS, in existence today.
“The PFAS pesticide is the active ingredient in these products because it’s effective at killing things — which is the very reason why it’s so concerning to public health and the environment at large,” said Bernadette Del Chiaro, senior vice president for California operations for the Environmental Working Group, or EWG, a health advocacy organization that produced the report published Wednesday.
“Unfortunately, there’s no way to contain the harm,” Del Chiaro said. “We can’t just harm the mold spores or insects on a peach and not potentially harm the little kid that eats the peach. The fact that we’re intentionally spraying forever chemicals on the produce we’re buying at the grocery store is a real eye-opener.”
Judge Allows East Palestine Residents to Intervene in Train Derailment Lawsuit
After a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023, the federal government sued the company and agreed on a deal to cover cleanup costs and provide health monitoring. But now, a federal judge has said not so fast. The judge just allowed East Palestine residents to intervene in the lawsuit after independent tests revealed dangerous contamination persists in the area. That directly contradicts claims from the company and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the region is safe.
After the train derailed, officials conducted a controlled burn of tankers full of 116,000 gallons of vinyl chloride. Though the area was briefly evacuated, the EPA and Norfolk Southern gave an all-clear for people to return. But East Palestine residents have been sounding the alarm about toxins in their community, saying they are sick. Independent testers have also conducted tests showing high levels of toxins, results that have been ignored. EPA whistleblower testimony has also been dismissed.
Report Raises Alarm Over GMO Wheat as It Inches Closer to US Fields
A genetically modified wheat under development in the US would increase the use of an herbicide that is linked to soil, water and fetal harm, according to a new report. The report, from the environmental organization Friends of the Earth (FOE), comes six months after agricultural organizations announced they are partnering to develop what would be the first genetically modified (GMO) wheat, called HB4, commercially available in the US. Proponents of HB4 say it is drought-tolerant and will bolster food security and help farmers grow wheat in a changing climate.
FOE said that HB4 — which was approved by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 2024 — would prompt more use of the herbicide glufosinate, which scientific studies have linked to premature births, impaired fetal development, kidney problems and disruption of the gut microbiome. HB4 is engineered to withstand glufosinate, which can be sprayed directly on the wheat and will only kill weeds.
The FOE report also warns that HB4 could hamper US exports since not all importing countries accept GMO wheat, and it would harm US farmers that are not using GMO wheat by contaminating their fields. “If some farmers choose to grow this GMO wheat it actually imperils all wheat farmers because those wheat supply chains would not be segregated,” said Kendra Klein, senior staff scientist at Friends of the Earth. “So there’s the problem of the commingling of the GMO wheat and the non-GMO wheat.”
Few Mainers Are Getting Tested for PFAS Despite State Push
Sean Oshima worked for two summers on Songbird Farm in Unity, making some of his happiest memories. Five years later in 2022, the organic farm discovered PFAS contamination in its soil and water.
Oshima worried he had been exposed, but he hesitated to get his blood tested for the “forever chemicals” linked to diseases including kidney and testicular cancer. At the urging of his mother and the farm’s owners, he finally did so in December. “Initially I thought, ‘Maybe I’ve been affected,’” said Oshima, 31, a Portland-based musician. “But it’s kind of nice not to know.”
In the fall, a state program sent out nearly 700 letters to people whose wells tested high for PFAS, encouraging them to get tested and offering state help in paying for tests. But the effort has been slow to start, with the state collecting only 164 positive tests as of mid-February, likely a fraction of those who have been exposed to high PFAS levels.
A Carbon Project in the Amazon Is Under Investigation. Some Companies Reaped the Benefits Anyway.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
Mastercard, BlackRock and Philip Morris International used carbon credits from a remote project in the Brazilian Amazon to offset greenhouse-gas emissions generated by the companies or their clients. The only hitch: The project had been suspended pending an investigation into its validity. The registry in charge of issuing the credits said the project’s developers haven’t been able to demonstrate a legal right to operate on the land where some of the project was based. It suspended the project in September 2023, meaning that no new credits can be issued.
“The Pacajai REDD+ Project was placed on hold following stakeholder concerns that it was being implemented on public land,” the credit issuing agency Verra said in response to a question from WSJ Pro Sustainable Business. Verra is still investigating the project more than two years later. Before the project’s suspension, two ratings firms said that the environmental benefits offered by Pacajai had a “low likelihood” of being achieved.
Mastercard, BlackRock and Philip Morris are among many other companies that acquired credits issued on the Pacajai project before the dispute over the validity of the credits emerged. Verra, the issuing agency, said the three companies retired those credits and recorded carbon-emissions offsets from them after the credits were suspended. Mastercard, BlackRock and Philip Morris haven’t been accused of breaking any rules.
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