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Monsanto's GM Sweet Corn, Coming to Your Plate
Environment  (tags: Humans, habitat, food, GMO, health conditions, environment, endangered, destruction, world )

Elizabeth
- 216 days ago - action.freshthemovie.com
The new GM sweet corn is engineered to kill insects with Bt toxins and to resist heavy spraying with Roundup herbicide. Already, Roundup resistant crops have resulted in an epidemic of over 21 types of resistant superweeds. Even more alarming, recent...
12 comments
Clean Up the Oil Industry in the Niger Delta - Tell Nigerian President to Commit
Environment  (tags: Niger Delta, Nigeria, President, govt, Oil Industry, eco-justice, accountability, regulation, clean-up, environment, destruction, soil, water, food, fishing, livelihoods, survival, major health issues, Amnesty Int, UN Environment Program, UNEP )

PeasantDi
- 224 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Oil pollution still having devastating impact on life in the Niger Delta, ruining crops, killing fish; contaminating food & drinking H20. Nigeria's govt must hold oil corp's to account, commit to comprehensive clean-up: duty to protect Niger Delta people
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Roundup Herbicide Research Shows Plant, Soil Problems
Environment  (tags: destruction, environment, glyphosate, habitat destruction, farming, food, crops, pollution, Roundup, Sustainabililty )

Kathy
- 286 days ago - reuters.com
The heavy use of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide appears to be causing harmful changes in soil and potentially hindering yields of the genetically modified crops that farmers are cultivating, a government scientist said on Friday.
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Ban on Selling Shark Fins Passes California Assembly
Environment  (tags: California, shark fins, food, illegal )

Katie
- 368 days ago - treehugger.com
A 'product' most commonly procured by slicing off an integral part of a living animal, which is often then tossed back into the sea to die, is one step closer to being made illegal to sell, trade or possess in the state of California: shark fins.
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'Dustbowl Britain' Faces Repeat of 1976 Drought as Dry Spell Drags on and Crop Failures Lead to Higher Food Prices
Environment  (tags: drought, Environment, climate, crop, Food )

Anna
- 375 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
The near-drought that has created dustbowl conditions in parts of Britain is expected to stretch into June and crop failures look set to drive up the price of food.The Met Office forecasts a fortnight of warm, mostly dry weather from this weekend.........
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Princes & Farmers on the Future of Food
Environment  (tags: farms, food, video, ecosystems )

Nancy
- 384 days ago - panna.org
I strongly encourage folks to listen to these eloquent speakers; several of the video clips from yesterday morning are already up on the site. The main messages from the conference affirm what many of us know to be true. And yet, it is still something...
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Protect Our Soil - We Can't Live Without It PLEASE TAKE ACTION
Environment  (tags: soil, Sustainabililty, ecosystems, food, farms )

Nancy
- 384 days ago - panna.org
Farmers are the stewards of the land; sadly, politics often dictate how they farm. In the coming days, Congress will make decisions on funding priorities for 2012, and dramatic cuts to soil conservation programs
21 comments
FUEL........A Must Watch Movie   video
Environment  (tags: fuel, standard oil, economies, food, biofuels, solar, wind, garbage, Joshua Tickell )

Dandelion
- 385 days ago - youtube.com
Unveils a curtain of deception covering America's dependence on foreign oil as it explores one possible solution to the coming energy crisis. A movie of Hope and solutions.
90 comments
Three Things That Will Change the World in the Years Ahead- Fuel, Food, Carbon
Environment  (tags: fuel, Food, Carbon, Earth Day, Environment )

Katie
- 400 days ago - celsias.com
Earth Day has been around since 1970. Its very existence is actually a tribute to people taking action. It's hard now to imagine a world without the EPA and limits on the right to pollute.
16 comments
Global Warming Is Putting Africa's Vital Maize Crop at Risk, Claim Scientists
Environment  (tags: Global warming, climate, environment, food, crops, maize )

Anna
- 438 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A rise in temperature of just 1C during drought conditions could cut yields from three-quarters of Africa's entire maize crop by at least 20 per cent.Even with adequate rainfall, 65 per cent of the crop would suffer losses, scientists have warned.
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When Will the Food Bubble Burst?
Environment  (tags: Food, Not sustainable agriculture, Water shortage )

Ben
- 497 days ago - treehugger.com
Our early 21st century civilization is in trouble. We need not go beyond the world food economy to see this. We have created a food production bubble--one based on environmental trends that cannot be sustained, including overpumping aquifers, overplowing..
21 comments
Organization Works Toward Taking Factory Farming Off the Map
Environment  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, factory farms, pollution, food, safety, environment, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 538 days ago - animals.change.org
factory farms aren't just terrible for animals, they wreak havoc on the environment, and also create public health and food safety problems.
26 comments
Chocolate Supply Threatened By Cocoa Crisis
Environment  (tags: Chocolate, Cocoa Crisis, nature, environment, food, plants )

Anna
- 561 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Chocolate was once the drink of Mayan and Aztec kings. Now a cocoa shortage may make chocolate an exclusive luxury again.Chocolate could become as rare as caviar, said John Mason of the Ghana-based Nature Conservation Research Council.
33 comments
Scientists Discover Unknown Lizard Species at Lunch Buffet
Environment  (tags: lizard species, Vietnamese diners, Discovery, food )

Katie
- 561 days ago - edition.cnn.com
It may be an old menu standby to Vietnamese diners, but it's turned into a smorgasbord of discovery for scientists.
9 comments
FDA Won't Allow Food to Be Labeled Free of Genetic Modification
Environment  (tags: FDA, Genetic Modification, Food, Drugs )

Katie
- 614 days ago - rawstory.com
That the Food and Drug Administration is opposed to labeling foods that are genetically modified is no surprise anymore, but a report in the Washington Post indicates the FDA won't even allow food producers to label their foods as being free of genetic...
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