Tag: united states

  • Sea Levels Are Set for Continuing Rise

    Sea-level rise may be slow to show its hand but once it really starts, researchers say, it will keep going for centuries, with baleful effects. For each degree by which the Earth warms, they believe, sea levels will probably rise by over two meters.

  • Monsanto to Stop Promoting Genetically Engineered Seeds in Europe

    The world’s largest seed company had already sent signals in May that it would no longer lobby the EU to approve cultivation of its GE seeds, but we were waiting for an official confirmation before we could really believe it.

  • Millions Against Monsanto: On the Road to Victory

    The anti-GMO movement in the U.S. has identified Monsanto’s “Achilles Heel”—GMO food labeling at the state level—and has begun to achieve some preliminary victories, both in the marketplace and in the legislative arena … Our common task now must be to win the all-important Washington State ballot initiative.

  • Millions Against Monsanto: On the Road to Victory

    The anti-GMO movement in the U.S. has identified Monsanto’s “Achilles Heel”—GMO food labeling at the state level—and has begun to achieve some preliminary victories, both in the marketplace and in the legislative arena … Our common task now must be to win the all-important Washington State ballot initiative.

  • Former Head of CIA to Teach Fracking Industry-Funded Syllabus in New York

    According to the syllabus, Petraeus will devote two weeks to energy alone, naming those weeks “The Energy Revolution I” and “The Energy Revolution II.” The two “frackademia” studies Petraeus will have his students read …