Mexico, Cradle of Corn, Finds its Noble Grain Under Assault
By Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers GUELATAO, Mexico — Yank the husks off...
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The USDA Approves Another Controversial GE Crop
Enough is Enough: Tell President Obama to Stand Up to Monsanto Dear Larry, Is This the Monsanto Administration or the Obama Administration? Demand President Obama Stop Approving Monsanto's Crops! Is the Obama Administration becoming the Monsanto Administration? A few days ago, the USDA approved the planting of genetically engineered (GE) sug
Catastrophic Weather Events Are Becoming the New Normal -- Are You Ready for Life on Our Planet Circa 2011?
AlterNet / By Bill McKibben - Feb '11 For two decades now we've been ignoring the impassioned pleas of scientists that our burning of fossil fuels was a bad idea. And now we're paying a heavy price.
Climate Benefits of Natural Gas Overstated?
Natural gas production has skyrocketed in the U.S. and elsewhere lately. And one big supposed benefit of this energy source is that it creates a lot fewer greenhouse gas emissions than coal. However, new research from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that these climate change claims may have been greatly overstated - as ProPublic reports reports here.
USDA Hits Organics Again, Approves Monsanto’s GMO Sugar Beets
Jeremy Bloom Feb 7 - 2011 - Planetsave EDITOR'S NOTE: Once again, Monsanto's puppet, Ag Secretary Vilsack, pisses on the courts and gives the corporation what it wants. Barack! What were you thinking? l.p.
An Appeal to Farmers! From Yukon Farmer, Tom Rudge
Please send around and read his great letter to Members of Parliament. Date: February 4, 2011 1:46:08 PM GMT-05:00 Subject: My future and Bill C-474: Your future too? There is a vote in Parliament on genetic engineering this Wednesday February 9 that could help support the future of my farm. Below is the letter I sent to Michael Ignatieff , Wayne Easter and my Member of Parliament, Larry Bagnell. I've asked them to support Bill C-474 this Wednesday and I hope my MP also speaks up in the debate on February 8. I urge all farmers who have a concern about genetically engineered crops or who already have negative experiences with GE crops to send a letter to your MP as well. Now is the time to tell our politicians how genetic engineering has already cost us or could harm our businesses and our families. Bill C-474 would support Canada's farmers by requiring that “an analysis of potential harm t
Botswana Refuses Bushmen Access to Water in a Game Preserve - Approves a Massive Diamond Mine There Instead!
Survival - the Movement for Tribal People Botswana’s government has green-lighted a massive $3bn mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve – in the middle of the Kalahari Bushmen’s appeal against the Botswana authorities’ refusal to allow them access to water there. Survival International Activist Boycotting Botswana Diamonds at De Beers in London Courtesy PlanetSave
