These are relatively small countries in number of square miles compared to countries such as the USA and Canada, yet they are champions in mitigating the climate crisis. One would almost expect their abuses to the environment would be worse than larger countries, but, that is not at all the case. These countries are about the size of any given state of the USA; there simply is no reason to lie about the climate crisis or it's needed social reforms.
To date, the countries brought to focus are Western allies to the USA. They are seeing the climate crisis destroying it's beauty in Australia, but, not so in Austria and Belgium. If any country ever busted a myth about forests, their resilience and benevolent purpose, it is Belgium. Simply amazing. It would seem as though forest management in Europe far exceeds anything the USA is doing.
by Eliana Dockterman
The FDA is warning pasta and pizza lovers (click here) that cheese labeled “100 percent Parmesan” are often filled with cheese substitutes—like wood pulp.
Yes, you’ve been eating wood, thanks to companies like Castle Cheese, which produced Parmesan cheese containing no actual Parmesan for almost 30 years. The president of the company, which supplied megastores like Target, is scheduled to plead guilty this month to charges that carry a sentence of up to a year in prison and a $100,o00 fine, according to Bloomberg.
Neil Schuman—who runs Arthur Shcuman Inc. the largest seller of hard Italian cheese in the U.S.—estimates a whopping 20 percent of such cheese are mislabeled....
I'm just sayin'.
I want to mention a growing concern to some Belgian Catholics. I am sure the government is as concerned about the issue of death and dying from terminal illnesses, but, have lost touch with the thinking of the community as to some abuses. In such important decisions, the Belgian government should be more in touch with the community and their real life experiences.
January 17, 2018
By Alexander Slavsky
Brussels (ChurchMilitant.com) - Bishops and doctors (click here) are mounting pressure on Belgian officials to hold them accountable for abusing the euthanasia law used to kill terminally ill patients.
On January 11, Auxiliary Bishop Jean Kockerols of Mechelen-Brussels told Catholic News Service that the Church knew the Federal Control and Evaluation Commission on Euthanasia (FCEC) was "not working as it should." He said the bishops would support an investigation into the activities of the commission "to ensure it functions as it's supposed to."
Speaking with Church Militant, Erwin Wolff, a member of Pro Familia, a pro-life lay apostolate in Belgium, commented on the Belgian church's relationship with the state.
"Like all other social developments, there was no strong response or comment from the Church," Wolff said. "The Church would not dare criticize anything, because if they do, the liberals and the far left would start lobbying to have the funding stopped and by so doing have the Church destroyed."
He continued, "And they would have their way because ideologically speaking there is no real difference between the Christian Democrats, liberals and the socialists, hence the consensus-driven political policy."...
