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Tisa: three dangers of the new world trade liberalization agreement
[Translation]: After the transatlantic treaty TTIP / Tafta , this is a new acronym which tremble NGOs and radical left: Tisa for Trade in Services Agreement or Agreement on Trade in Services in French. TiSA : les trois dangers du nouvel accord mondial de libéralisation -Le Monde 7/9/14… Read More
Incorporating the social cost of carbon: A coal mine stopped in its tracks
Last week, a federal district court in Colorado stopped the expansion of a coal mine in the North Fork Valley of western Colorado due to the federal government’s failure to quantify the costs of burning greenhouse gas emissions. The court found the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest… Read More
The Assault on Organics: Ignoring science to make the case for chemical farming
With the proliferation of industry-associated scientists, websites and opinion pieces attacking organic agriculture and spinning their narratives about the safety of chemical-intensive GMO foods, reporters and the public must probe deeper and question the real motives behind these so-called “independent” sources of information. Read More
Indonesia Is Killing the Planet for Palm Oil
Indonesia is being deforested faster than any other country in the world, and it has everything to do with one product: palm oil. Indonesia Is Killing the Planet for Palm Oil -VICE News 7/4/14… Read More
By defending against land grabs, we defend forests
Two weeks ago, we asked Friends of the Earth members to sign a petition asking British palm oil company EPO and Malaysian palm oil company KLK to respect the demand of Liberian communities to end their operations in that country. We’re pleased to report that the 20,000 signatures we… Read More
The Costly Lobbying War Over America’s Dying Honeybees
The insect world’s biggest murder mystery is moving to K Street. The Costly Lobbying War Over America’s Dying Honeybees -National Journal 7/1/14… Read More
Decreasing Arctic sea ice makes way for shipping and unchecked pollution
May 2014 marked the third lowest May Arctic sea ice extent on satellite record, totaling 4.93 million square miles. The sea ice remains 235,500 square miles below the 1981-2010 average. According to the fifth IPCC report on climate change, by 2050 there may be as many as 125… Read More
The Pacific trade deal, Fast Track, and the 2014 elections
Recently, I had the opportunity to appear with Ian Levitt, the host of The Daily Report on Minnesota radio station KTNF. He is conducting a series of interviews with me regarding the environmental threat posed by legislation that would “fast track” the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement and… Read More
White House announces strategy to save the honeybees
The White House on Friday announced a federal strategy to reverse a rapid decline in the number of honey bees and other pollinators in the United States that poses a threat to billions of dollars in crops. White House announces strategy to save the honeybees -Christian Science Monitor 6/20/14… Read More
Corporate capture: Europe trade talks threaten environment
On Friday, May 23, the United States and the European Union concluded weeklong negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (also called the Trans Atlantic Free Trade Agreement). This fifth negotiating round was held behind closed doors in the Washington, D.C. area. TAFTA negotiating documents were… Read More