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To fight bee decline, Obama proposes more land to feed bees
The Obama administration hopes to save the bees by feeding them better. A new federal plan aims to reverse America’s declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making millions of ac…
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Obama Task Force Lays Out Plan to Save Honeybees
The White House laid out a strategy Tuesday to address a surge in honeybee deaths that includes scrutinizing the effect of pesticides on pollinators and planting more bee-friendly vegetation on federa…
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The White House’s “Plan Bee” Initiative Wants Us To Bee Kinder To Those Troubled Bees
In the last year, beekeepers say they’ve lost 40 percent of their honey bee colonies, according to the White House. This might not seem like a big deal, but bees pretty much make the world go around…
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White House Pollinator Strategy wont solve bee crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration released its National Pollinator Health Strategy today, which failed to adequately address the impact of pesticides, including neonicotinoid insecticides…
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WTO denies consumers right to know about meat origins; TTIP promises worse
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The World Trade Organization Appellate Body ruled today that the U.S. law requiring country-of-origin labeling for meat violates international trade law. This will deny Americans…
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Friends of the Earth Out to Bury Earl Blumenauer
Environmental activists are throwing Rep. Earl Blumenauer under the zero-emission, biodiesel-fueled bus for openly embracing broader trade-promotion authority. Friends of the Earth is going after th…
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The TPP Could Have Disastrous Results For The Climate, Environmental Groups Warn
A wide-reaching trade agreement between the United States and several Asian nations could have catastrophic repercussions for climate change, including giving corporations the power to sue governments…
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U.S. honeybee population plummets by more than 40%, USDA finds
A growing body of evidence has pointed to one class of pesticides in particular, neonicotinoids, as the culprit to the massive bee die-offs. In fact, the European Union banned the three most widely us…
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Senate moves Fast Track legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two days after the Democratic Senate rebuffed President Obama’s push for Fast Track trade authority the Senate moved forward on the Hatch-Wyden Trade Promotion Authority bill b…
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Congressional hearing on pollinator health skirts the issues
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional House Agriculture Subcommittee on Horticulture, Biotechnology and Research held a hearing on pollinator health today, but failed to address the impacts of system…