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Relying on GM Crops to Battle Climate Change 'Suicidal,' Indian Activist Charges
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15.3.2010 |
Common Dreams: Headlines |
| by Laurie Goering LONDON - Faced with growing demand for food and increasingly unpredictable weather, many developing nations are debating whether to relax restrictions on the use of genetically modified crops. Seed developers promise that a coming generation of genetically modified (GM) food crops will have climate-resilient features, from drought resistance to saltwater tolerance. read more |
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Former biologist's case against Pfizer in court
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15.3.2010 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Former biologist's case against Pfizer in court |
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Water Wisdom
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14.3.2010 |
Common Dreams: Views |
| by Vandana Shiva Since 1966 - and as a consequence of the introduction of the Green Revolution model of water-intensive, chemical farming - India has over-exploited her groundwater, creating a water famine. read more |
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With venture backers still reluctant, it could be a rough-and-tumble year for clean tech
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14.3.2010 |
Boston Globe: Business |
| With venture backers still reluctant, it could be a rough-and-tumble year for clean tech |
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Health is the Tipping Point to Identify and Eliminate GMOs
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13.3.2010 |
Common Dreams: Views |
| by Olga Bonfiglio Are Americans willing to jeopardize their health with GMO foods? read more |
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U.S. to Scrutinize Agriculture for Antitrust Issues
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13.3.2010 |
NY Times: Business |
The Agriculture and Justice Departments will work together to address concerns about large companies dominating seeds, milk and livestock.
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U.S. to Examine Agriculture Competition
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13.3.2010 |
Wall St. Journal: Policy |
| Holder raised expectations among farmers that the Obama administration will crack down on concentration within agriculture, an industry where the processing of meat, milk and seed are dominated by handfuls of companies. |
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Mass. biotech firm faces delisting from Nasdaq
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13.3.2010 |
Boston Globe: Massachusetts |
| Mass. biotech firm faces delisting from Nasdaq |
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Can Biotech Crops Feed The Developing World?
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12.3.2010 |
NPR Health Science |
| Biotech has promised innovations like drought-resistant corn and vitamin-packed cassava to the developing world. But how has it delivered on those dreams? Ira Flatow and guests discuss the status of those projects, and how "technologies in a seed" fit in with other agricultural improvements. |
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Trouble in Europe
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12.3.2010 |
Truthout.com |
| One of the first notable acts of the new European Commission presided over by José Manuel Barroso was - on March 2 - to shatter the moratorium on authorization of genetically modified organisms (GMO) that had been established in Europe.
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Rapid Rise in Seed Prices Draws U.S. Scrutiny
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12.3.2010 |
NY Times: Business |
A Justice Department antitrust investigation of the seed industry is apparently focused on Monsanto.
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Monsanto Critics to Get Rare Platform
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11.3.2010 |
Wall St. Journal: US Business |
| Crop biotechnology giant Monsanto goes under microscope Friday at a Justice Department-sponsored hearing on concentration in U.S. agriculture. |
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Amid Controversy, Europe Approves the Growth of Genetically Modified Potatoes
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11.3.2010 |
AlterNet.org: War on Iraq |
| Amflora, a GM potato, will be harvested for starch, not human consumption. But critics say it could still harm the environment. |
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Food Stuff: A New Anthology of Gastronomica Magazine
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10.3.2010 |
NY Times: Books |
“The Gastronomica Reader” is an anthology of more than 40 essays from the thought-provoking food magazine.
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We need GM plants that benefit consumers and not just farmers
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9.3.2010 |
Guardian: Science |
| Despite the decision by the European Union last week to approve the cultivation of a GM potato, plant scientist Eoin Lettice argues that consumers will only accept the technology when it provides tangible benefits for them
Last week's decision by the European Commission to allow genetically modified potato varieties to be grown in some European Union countries concludes a 13-year campaign by the German chemical company BASF.
Ordinary potatoes produce two kinds of starch, but the GM potato Amflora only produces the economically useful form, amylopectin, which is used in the paper, textiles and adhesives industries. Production of the uneconomic form, amylase, has been turned off by genetic modification, so the useful starch doesn't need to ... |
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Food fight: genetic modification vs. organic
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9.3.2010 |
Seattle Times: Opinion |
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Mosquito season approaches
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9.3.2010 |
Washington Post: Science |
First it was just swatting. Then poison. Then sterilizing males. Is there anything people won't try in the war against mosquitoes? The latest idea: Genetic engineering that results in flightless females.
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The trouble with trusting complex science | George Monbiot
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9.3.2010 |
Guardian: Comment is Free |
| There is no simple way to battle public hostility to climate research. As the psychologists show, facts barely sway us anyway
There is one question that no one who denies manmade climate change wants to answer: what would it take to persuade you? In most cases the answer seems to be nothing. No level of evidence can shake the growing belief that climate science is a giant conspiracy codded up by boffins and governments to tax and control us. The new study by the Met Office , which paints an even grimmer picture than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , will do nothing to change this view.
The attack on climate scientists is now widening to an all-out war on science. Writing recently for the Telegraph, the columnist Gerald Warner ... |
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Oregon dispute over sugar beets
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7.3.2010 |
SFGate: Business & Technology |
| Oregon dispute over sugar beets |
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Oregon dispute over sugar beets
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6.3.2010 |
SFGate: Business & Technology |
| Oregon dispute over sugar beets |
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