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Anti-Monsanto Activist Received Anonymous Death Threats

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Agrobussiness, Pesticides, Monsanto Farmers, Roundup, Sofia Gatica, Public Health, Environment, Glyphosate Argentina, Birth Defects, Cancer, Herbicides, Monsanto, Monsanto Soy, Glyphosate, Genetic Engineering, Green News

For 13 years Sofia Gatica has organized opposition to the aerial spraying of agrochemicals that threaten human health and the environment in Argentina...

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'Green News Report' - April 26, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Green News Report, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Dow Chemical, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Ice Melt, Wind Energy, Roundup, Antarctica, David Cameron, Exxonmobil, Factory Farms, Clean Energy, Herbicides, Pollution, Coal, Monsanto, Drought, Nuclear, Stephen Chu, Britain, Sea Level Rise; Chernobyl, Iea, Corn, Oil Profits, Agent Orange, Toxic Chemicals, Donald Trump, Wildfires, International Energy Agency, Ice Sheets, Jimmy Fallon, Slow Jam the News, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Just a fl...

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Chemical Marketplace: The Fine Print on a Common Pesticide, Writ Large

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.27.2012

Crossposted with TheGreenGrok.More than 80,000 chemicals are produced, used, and present in the United States. This is one of their stories. Do you we...

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The Week In Art

Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Video, Toy Story, Week in Art, Kathy Halper, Roundup, Week in Review, Shockblast, Toy Shining, The Shining, Stephen-Chalmers, Arts News

Hello dear readers. This week we saw what happens when a crafty Mom gets a Facebook account, if Woody and Buzz went to the dark side and if God was on...

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Monsanto Under Federal Investigation For Cash Incentives Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Federal Investigation, Roundup Ready, Biotechnology, Herbicide, Roundup, Security and Exchange Commission, Genetically Modified, Agriculture, Monsato Profits, Sec, Monsanto, Glyphosate, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Global agribusiness giant Monsanto is under federal investigation for using cash incentives to persuade distributors to use Roundup, the...

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College Town Ice Cream Parlor Roundup

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Smores, Pina Colada, Roundup, Fudge, Banana, Peanut Butter, Coffee, Maple, Summer, Chocolate, Chicago, Raspberry, Delaware, Red Velvet, Massachusetts, Candy, Espresso, Skittle, Bacon, Taffy, Butter Pecan, Ice Cream, Local, Tenessee, Swirl, Cake, Virginia, Pennsylvania, College, Connecticut, Gelato, Cheesecake, Pretzel, Mint, College News

Here is a list of ice cream parlors around the country near different colleges, big and small, that will blow your taste-buds away.

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Book Review Roundup: Conspiracy Theories And How To Determine A Psychopath

Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Among the Truthers, Book Review, William Deresiewicz, Reviews, Roundup, The Psychopath Test, Jane Austen, Peter Nowak, Jon Ronson, Sex Bombs and Burgers, Book Reviews, A Jane Austen Education, Jonathan Kay, Madison Smartt Bell, The Color of the Night, The Long Goodbye, Meghan O'rourke, Books News

"A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter" by William Deresiewicz Los Angeles Ti...

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Lyme/Autism Group Blasts Genetically Modified Foods as Dangerous

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Seeds of Deception, Roundup Ready, Roundup, Infertility, Safety Test, Toxin, LIA Foundation, Lyme Induced Autism Foundation, Patient Advocacy, Liberty Herbicide, Campaign for Healthier Eating in America, Soy, Allergy, Shopping Guide, Digestive Disorders, Amy Dean, Cancer, Infant Mortality, Environmental Toxin, Genetic Engineering, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Sterility, Genetically Modified Foods, Corn, Genetically Engineered Foods, Carcinogens, Reproductive Problems, Inflammation, Immune System, Rbst, Beneficial Bacteria, Arpad Pusztai, GE Crops, Gmos, Autistic Spectrum, Bt, Institute for Responsible Technology, Kimberly Wilcox, Liberty Link, Rbgh, Gut Flora, Genetic Roulette, Gmo, Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, Livestock Disease, Dna, Fraternal Twins, Fda, Side Effects, Immune Reaction, World Health Organization, Autism Relief Foundation, Food Allergies, Herbicide-Tolerant, Lyme Disease, Jannelle Love, Animal Feeding Studies, Genetically Modified Organisms, Igf-1, Soy Allergies, GM Crops, Autism, GE Foods, Bovine Growth Hormone, Non-GMO Shopping Guide, GM Foods, Allergies, Aaem, Non-Gmo, Bt-Toxin, Healthy Living News

Stop eating dangerous genetically modified foods! That's the upshot of the Lyme Induced Autism (LIA) Foundation's position paper released today.

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Roundup: All Of NFL's Week 3 Action

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NFL Roundup, Kansas City Chiefs, NFL Week 3, Roundup, Nfl, Pittsburgh Steelers, Sports News

Braylon Edwards bounced back from his benching by helping the New York Jets knock the Miami Dolphins from the ranks of the unbeaten. Still sitting th...

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A Tourist-Free Destination in Iceland

Paul Robert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tourism, Roundup, Horse Riding, Iceland Travel, Sheep Herding, Sheep, Iceland, Iceland Tourism, Video, Travel News

Where do you go to avoid mass tourism and see original, unpolished events? Iceland.

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Speak Up for Wild Horses; Send a Letter via Pony Express

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Roundup, President Obama, Wild Mustangs, Wild Horses, Bureau of Land Management, Blm, Obama Administration, Ken Salazar, Madeleine Pickens, Green News

Over the past few weeks, tens of thousands of you have contacted the federal Bureau of Land Management, encouraging the agency to impose an immediate ...

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Judge Revokes USDA Approval Of Genetically Modified Sugar Beets, Orders Review

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Court, Sierra Club, Center for Food Safety, Environmental Impact Statement, Roundup, Sugar Beets, Agriculture, Organic Seed Alliance, Genetically Modified Food, Biotech, Usda, Monsanto, Gmo, Food News

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has revoked the government's approval of genetically altered sugar beets until regulators complete a more thorou...

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Be Heard by the BLM: Urge an End to Wild Horse Roundups

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Mustang, Roundup, Wild Horses, Bureau of Land Management, Blm, Nevada, Dehydration, Tuscarora, Green News

Over the past 10 years, the BLM has removed some 74,000 wild horses and burros from the range, and it intends to remove a total of 12,000 horses this year. The program is costly, illogical, and has also had tragic consequences.

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Meatless Monday: Going to (GMO) Seed

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Usda, Roundup, Monsanto, Monoculture, Gmo, Alfalfa, Recipes, Green News

Why make such a fuss about the Supreme Court's vote to lift the ban on Monsanto's genetically modified alfalfa? Because more than alfalfa is at stake: Monsanto's GMOs are in almost every processed thing we eat. Details (and recipes!) inside.

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Monsanto Wins Supreme Court Case: Genetically Modified Alfalfa Ban Lifted

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, California, Roundup, Agriculture, Biotech, Gm Alfalfa, Monsanto, Genetically Modified Alfalfa, Cross Pollination, John Paul Stevens, Ban, Alfalfa, Farmers, Genetically Modified Food, Usda, Oregon, Video, Green News

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a nationwide ban on the planting of genetically engineered alfalfa seeds, despite claims they mig...

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Farmers May Return To Harsh Herbicides, Chemicals To Battle Roundup Resistant Weeds

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Organic Farming, Weeds, Roundup, Cotton, Agriculture, Herbicides, Superweeds, Monsanto, Agent Orange, 2 4-D, Dicamba, Runoff, Conventional Farming, Resistant, Wildlife, Green News

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — When the weed killer Roundup was introduced in the 1970s, it proved it could kill nearly any plant while still being safer tha...

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16 Cities Sue Manufacturer Of Atrazine Weed-Killer For Contaminating Drinking Water

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Atrazine, Drinking Water, Roundup, Cities Sue Syngenta, Atrazine Drinking Water, Syngenta, Weed Killer, Video, Green News

A coalition of communities in six Midwestern states filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking to force the manufacturer of a widely-used herbicide to...

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Plan To Round Up Wild Horses Draws Opposition

AP | By MARTIN GRIFFITH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Starvation, Drought, Bureau of Land Management, Sheryl Crow, Bill Maher, Roundup, West, Midwest, Horse, Wild Horses, Horses, Nevada, Defense of Animals, Political Humor, Green News

SPARKS, Nev. -- One of most stirring symbols of the American West -- mustangs thundering freely across the range -- could be heading east. The gove...

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Roundup: Local Stories Document Hard Times Across the Nation

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Williams County, Detroit, Metaldyne, Bearing Witness 2.0, Georgetown Mass, Roundup, Suwanee, Recession, Business News

As the Huffington Post bears witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we've found some compelling stories be...

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The Food-Climate-Atrazine Connection Explained

Grist.org | Tom Philpott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Atrazine, Roundup, Sustainable Food, Climate, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas, Food Politics, Environment, Food, Global Warming, Green News

By Tom Philpott. This post originally appeared at grist.org. In the ongoing debate about whether sustainable agriculture can "feed the world," it's i...

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Meatless Monday: Jack and the GMO Beanstalk

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roundup, Monsanto, Michael Taylor, Fda, Jack, Agent Orange, Gmo, Ogre, Jeffrey Smith, H.R. 2749, Meatless Monday, Meatless Mondays, Green News

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Jack. Jack came from a hard-up family, but he considered himself a savvy, enterprising lad. To prove it, he ...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roundup, Summit of the Americas, Foreign Affairs, 5th Summit of the Americas, Hezbollah, Pirates, Foreign Affairs Roundup, Barack Obama, Advocacy, North Korea, World News

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Obama and the Rest of the Americas Facts: US President Obama travels to Mexico to meet with President Calde...

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"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" Posters Explained: Audience Had Bad Reaction To Star's Face

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Video, Jason Segel, David Letterman, Roundup, Celebrities, Celebrity Endorsements, Entertainment News

"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" opened strong over the weekend and is the #1 comedy in America. The film's writer and leading man Jason Segel appeared on ...

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Whoops! Ann Curry Tosses To Katie Couric On "Today"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Katie Couric Today, Katie Couric, Ann Curry, Today Show, Ann Curry Katie Couric, Roundup, Celebrities, Media News

Ann Curry is admittedly having a tough morning, returning to the "Today" show for the first time since her father died last Sunday. But she appears t...

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James Bond's Rare Aston Martin Fished Out Of Italian Lake

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Bond, James Bond Aston Martin, Quantum of Solace, Slideshow, Roundup, Celebrities, Entertainment News

ROME — The car being used in the latest James Bond film plunged into a lake in northern Italy while being driven to the set. Producers say the ...

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