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A Bad Week for Big Biotech: Supreme Court decision invalidating gene patents one of many recent major setbacks to the biotechnology industrys control over life
Today many women’s rights groups, cancer patients, scientists, and concerned citizens celebrated an enormous victory in the Supreme Court: human genes can no longer be patented by big business! As o…
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Supreme Court invalidates gene patents
Decision is landmark victory for patients, researchers, public WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a unanimous landmark decision today, the Supreme Court ruled that naturally occurring genes and DNA sequences…
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Protect forests, reject landgrabs: Tell investors to stop bankrolling big palm oil
Industrial agriculture has long been a major cause of forest destruction, but the ceaseless expansion of palm oil plantations for food, fuel and cosmetics is wreaking havoc on an unprecedented scale…
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Monsanto wheat scandal: What the discovery of unapproved genetically engineered wheat means for our food
It has just come to light that genetically modified wheat has been found growing on a farmer’s land in eastern Oregon. The problem? No genetically engineered wheat has ever been approved for US Farm…
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No Room on our plates for genetically engineered seafood
Good news for fish today as more companies pledge to avoid GE Seafood! Earlier this year Friends of the Earth announced the launch of the Campaign for GE Free Seafood with the commitment of over 200…
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Target, Giant Eagle, H-E-B, Meijer say no to genetically engineered salmon
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Campaign for Genetically Engineered (GE)-Free Seafood — a coalition of more than 30 consumer, health, food safety and fishing groups led by Friends of the Earth –…
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Chevron fracks Europe: Transatlantic trade & investment agreement favors big energy companies and threatens the environment
“Chevron has acquired exploration acreage in Eastern Europe offering prospects for production of natural gas located in shale beds.” —Chevron statement of support for Transatlantic Trade and…
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Wilmar International and European banks and pension funds fuel landgrabs in Uganda
European banks and pension funds continue to finance one of the largest and most destructive palm oil giants, Wilmar International, according to new…
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BP greenwashes as climate dangers grow
BP’s careful control of image hides a record that should be alarming With spring fully sprung and another Earth Day past, it is critical the public stay alert to corporations that wrap themselve…
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Worst bee die-off in 40 years
Updated May 2013: Take action here to tell Home Depot, Lowe’s and other stores not to carry products containing bee-killing neonicotinoids. Spring is in the air, and as we plant our vegetable ga…