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GM salmon company Aquabounty fined by Panama
US GM salmon company AquaBounty has been fined for regulatory failures at its Panama plant in a move that could set back approval of GM meat and fish in the US, reports IPS Officials in Panama have fi…
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Gardeners tell Lowes: Dont be a little shop of horrors for bees
More than a million people ask Lowe’s to stop selling bee-killing pesticides WASHINGTON, D.C.—This week, more than 30,000 people across the U.S. and Canada will swarm Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) stores to…
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Group Asks Court For Review Of PG&Es Diablo Canyon Nuclear Reactor License Over Earthquake Fears
AVILA BEACH, San Luis Obispo County (CBS SF) — An environmental group asked a federal court Tuesday to review its claim that California’s last operating nuclear power plant is violating federal la…
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AquaBounty fined for repeated environmental violations on genetically engineered salmon
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Officials in Panama have ruled that AquaBounty Technologies’ has been operating in violation of environmental regulations as it experiments with genetically engineered salmo…
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Trans Pacific trade ministers declaration suggests no breakthrough
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal negotiations, held for three days behind closed doors in Sydney, Australia, have concluded with no indication of a breakthrough. A press state…
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Trans Pacific trade ministers declaration suggests no breakthrough
Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal negotiations, held for three days behind closed doors in Sydney, Australia, have concluded with no indication of a breakthrough. A press statement issued today by…
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Washington, D.C. gardeners tell Lowes: Dont be a little shop of horrors for bees, stop selling bee-killing pesticides
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This Wednesday, local gardeners and Friends of the Earth, Beyond Pesticides, Center for Food Safety, Organic Consumers Association and GMO Inside will swarm Lowe’s in New Carrol…
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Global South Brings United Front to Green Climate Fund
The United Nations’ key mechanism for funding climate change-related mitigation and adaptation in developing countries is now ready to receive funds, following a series of agreements between rich an…
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Obama administration delays critical action to protect bees until at least 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, at the 14th annual North American Pollinator Protection Campaign International Conference, the White House announced a several month delay in the release of its pollinato…
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Ex-Im Bank Inspector General Investigating Financing of 4,000 MW Coal Project in India
The Inspector General of the U.S. Export Import Bank is investigating the bank’s financing of a 4,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant that environmentalists say is associated with “catastrophi…