Polluters’ paradise

On December 11, 2015

Proposed special rights for corporations in EU trade deals such as CETA and TTIP threaten to prevent the necessary energy transition to tackle climate change. Polluting corporations are already using the dangerous investor privileges in trade and investment deals to challenge progressive energy policies.

EPA tosses aside safety data, says Dow pesticide for GMOs won’t harm people

On December 9, 2015

For use on its new genetically engineered corn and soybeans, Dow Chemical Co. is reviving 2,4-D, a World War II-era chemical linked to cancer and other health problems.

Hawaii: anger rises over health impacts of pesticides used on GMO crops

On November 10, 2015

By Christopher Pala – The Ecologist, 4 November 2015

GMO industry is motivated by deception

On November 7, 2015

By Zen Honeycutt – The Hill, 4 November 2015 Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/259043-gmo-industry-is-motivated-by-deception Last month I attended the Borlaug Dialogue in Des […]

‘Worse Than We Thought’: TPP A Total Corporate Power Grab Nightmare

On November 6, 2015

by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer — Common Dreams, 5 November 2015 Source: http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/11/05/worse-we-thought-tpp-total-corporate-power-grab-nightmare “Worse than anything we could’ve imagined.” “An […]

Say No To GMO Bananas in Hawaii & Biopiracy News

On October 27, 2015

MauiHawaiiTheWorld, 25 October 2015 Source: https://mauihawaiitheworld.wordpress.com/2015/10/25/say-no-to-gmo-bananas-in-hawaii/ The Hawaii state Department of Agriculture is trying to green light GMO banana trials […]

After TPP: Three Million Signatures Trying to Stop Secretive TTIP Deal

On October 7, 2015

[…] a three million signature petition has been handed in to the European Commission in London and Brussels calling for an immediate […]

U.S. workers sue Monsanto claiming herbicide caused cancer

On September 30, 2015

By Carey Gillam — Reuters, 29 September 2015 Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/29/monsanto-lawsuit-idUSL1N11Z20Y20150929 A U.S. farm worker and a horticultural assistant have filed […]

Letter: Jeopardizing ISU student’s health and Uganda’s future?

On September 29, 2015

As this is the first known feeding trials involving transgenic foods, we believe it is important that ISU leadership ask difficult questions related […]