Tag: united states
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Family Farmers Ask FDA for More Time to Analyze New Food Safety Rules
CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE — More than 270 organizations, food businesses and farms requested an extension last week of the comment period for two major proposed food safety rules. The groups seek …
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Five Ways the FDA Has Failed Consumers on Genetically Engineered Foods
ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION — Who is the FDA really looking out for? Hard to believe it’s the U.S. consumer …
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Tim DeChristopher’s Release from Prison Inspires Earth Day Theatrical Release of Bidder 70
GATHR FILMS — DeChristopher’s case also drew attention from environmentalists, including many who saw him as acting in the name of conservation and climate action. He was “acting on behalf of every landscape left on the planet …
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Obama Nominates Gina McCarthy as U.S. EPA Administrator
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — “If you take a look at what’s recently happened with Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative,” McCarthy recently said. “You will realize that there are tremendous opportunities to address climate change in ways that build the economy, that grow jobs, that you can …
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Obama Nominates Ernest Moniz as Energy Secretary
ECOWATCH — President Obama’s expected nominee for Energy Secretary, Ernest Moniz, has a history of supporting dirty and dangerous energy sources like gas and nuclear power with polluting partners including …