Tag: Biodiversity
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U.S. State Department Exposed For Pushing Biotech Seed Industry’s Global Agenda
“This report provides a chilling snapshot of how a handful of giant biotechnology companies are unduly influencing U.S. foreign policy and undermining our diplomatic efforts to promote security, international development and transparency worldwide …
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Tennessee Governor Vetoes Ag-Gag Anti-Whistleblower Bill
EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL — Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has vetoed his state’s “ag-gag” bill that would have criminalized undercover investigations at horse stables and factory farm facilities …
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The Other Side of the Taj Mahal
CHARLES DEPMAN — Industrial pollution and sewage are immediate problems, but much larger issues sit upstream: dams and diversions. These are especially complex problems as India tries to feed and power its burgeoning population …
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Current Reports on Climate Change Issues
Research published today in the journal Nature Climate Change looked at 50,000 globally widespread and common species and found that more than one half of the plants and one third of the animals will lose more than half of their climatic range by 2080 if nothing is done to reduce the amount of global warming…
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FDA Sued for Concealing Records on Arsenic in Poultry Feed
FOOD & WATER WATCH — The lawsuit follows on the heels of a new study led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, which found that feeding arsenicals to chickens likely increases consumers’ exposure to inorganic arsenic, a carcinogen …