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European Parliament votes to regulate nanofoods
Novel Foods: Risk Assessment for Nano-Foods Source: European Parliament The European Union (EU) Parliament's Environment Committee voted May 4, 2010 that food produced using nanotechnology should be excluded from the EU's list of novel foods -- foods not on the market before May 1997 -- thereby prohibiting foods containing nanomaterials from being sold on the EU market. Read More
Nano banned from organic in Canada
Nanotechnology involves the creation and manipulation of materials at the scale of atoms and molecules. Scientists are applying nanotechnology to many industries, including food production. Critics say that too little is known about the impact of nanoparticles on human health and the environment. Read More
Short Sea Shipping and the Environment
Friends of the Earth is hosting a forum on short sea shipping, or regional shipping, at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA, on May 25, 2010. The forum addresses the potential environmental drawbacks and benefits associated with short sea shipping in the San Francisco Bay and along the California coast. The forum also considers how the maritime and landside sectors involved in goods movement operations, including short sea shipping, can enhance their environmental perf Read More
The 3rd Annual International NanoActivist NGO Summit
Last week Friends of the Earth and the International Center for Technology Assessment co-hosted the 3rd Annual International NanoActivist NGO Summit in our new Washington, DC office. The conference re-convened and expanded the base of interested parties that attended our previous conferences, advancing our collaborative work to develop a broad, comprehensive campaign to regulate the hazardous new field of nanotechnology. Read More
Biofuels Also Create Dangerous Spills
With the recent oil rig catastrophe and subsequent spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the biofuels industry is claiming it produces a cleaner alternative. But biofuels can produce environmentally harmful spills as well. Biofuel spills, leaks and fires have occurred across the nation and have resulted in pollution and aquatic life die-off. Read More
Cruise ship pollution: Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina is among a number of U.S. cities that have joined the fight against the rising tide of cruise ship pollution, after being informed by the South Carolina State Ports Authority that more than double the number of cruise ships would be visiting the historic city in 2010, and that a new cruise terminal is in the works. Last year 33 cruise ships visited the port of Charleston and this year a record 67 cruise ships are expected to call on Charleston. Read More
Discovery: Don’t Sell Out Alaska!
We have a winner! Send a message directly to Discovery. Read More
World Bank’s $3.75 Billion Coal Loan to Eskom: Neither Green nor Just
By Bobby Peek Director, groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa On April 8, the World Bank took us one step closer to climate chaos while also pushing South African communities into years of poverty and pollution. Read More