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Losing Jobs to Jersey

Kathryn Wylde | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Taxes, Empire-State-Development-Corporation, Empire Zones, Biotechnology, Tax Credits, New Jersey, David Paterson, New York State, Economic Development, Recession, New York City, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, New York News
Kathryn Wylde

Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. is just the latest in a string of firms lured across the Hudson by state incentives. Since the '80s, major New York employers have moved tens of thousands of jobs.

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Vilsack Mistakenly Pitched "GMOs-Feed-The-World" to an Audience of Experts--Oops

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Hans Herren, Ge, Secretary Vilsack, Iaastd, Bill Gates, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, GM Food, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Global Population, Usda, Dupont, Monsanto, Biotechnology, Hunger, World Food Prize, Union of Concerned Scientists, GE Food, Local Food Systems, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Feed the World, Syngenta, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Gmos, Vilsack, Genetically Modified Foods, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

It is clear to the experts that the current generation of GMOs do not live up to the hype continuously broadcast by biotech companies and their promotional East Coast wing--the federal government.

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Maryland's Commitment to Advancing Stem Cell Research

Gov. Martin O'Malley | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Milken Institute, Governor Martin O'Malley, Jeffrey Sachs, Martin O'Malley, Maryland, Jobs, Science, Biotech, Barack Obama, California, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Industry, Health Care Reform, Stem Cell Research, Technology, Medicine, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Gov. Martin O'Malley

Last week, we announced that Maryland was entering into a new partnership with the State of California to collaborate on stem cell projects.

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Saving A Billion People from Starvation

Dan Glickman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Starvation, Agricultural Chemical, India, Norman Borlaug, Biotechnology, Hunger, Poverty, Pakistan, World Bank, Agriculture, Mexico, Malthus, The Green Revolution, Green News
Dan Glickman

Norm Borlaug's life is both a symbol of what can be done, and a reminder of the enormous problem of global poverty we still face. Why not finish his work?

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Agricultural Biotechnology: Scourge or Savior?

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Pesticides, Biotechnology, Genetically Engineered, Corn, Crops, Genetically Engineered Foods, Michael Jacobson, Biotech, Living News
Michael F. Jacobson

Congress should require the Food and Drug Administration to formally approve new GE foods to ensure that they are safe for humans.

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All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Biotechnology Has Failed Us, So Why Promote It Abroad?

Paula Crossfield | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Eric Holt-Gimenez, Hunger, Biotechnology, International Development, Food Access, Africa, Food Policy, Gmos, The Green Revolution, Raj Patel, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Groups like the Gates Foundation are trying to renew the idea of creating a "Green Revolution for Africa," using many of the same methods that have been so bad for India.

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Biotech FAIL: Bad Science, Worse Faith and Superweeds

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Precautionary Principle, Gmos, Biotechnology, Food Politics, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

Real innovation in the agriculture world may not be the stuff of spliced genes and petrochemicals but a better understanding of time-tested methods of food production, like compost and worms.

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Who Owns Our Food? Thoughts on a New Green Revolution

Paula Crossfield | Posted 03.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Philanthropy, Biotechnology, Nyc, Organic Food, Panel, Green-Washing, Genetically Modified Food, New Green Revolution, Tom Philpott, Monsanto, GM Seed, Raj Patel, The Green Revolution, Gates Foundation, Green News
Paula Crossfield

We need to stand up for all of those voices who have no say in how their land is developed under the auspices of philanthropy.

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President Obama's Monumental Shutting Down of Disturbing CIA Activities

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Biotechnology, Md Andersen, Black Budget, Medical Center, Gulf War, Cia, Funnels, President Obama, Black Sites, Private Foundations, Gulf War Syndrome, Vaccines, Politics News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

This country was saying and supposedly standing for one thing and then, via these CIA-backed activities, doing the opposite of what a democratic United States stands for.

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Bush's Environmental Legacy on GMOs Is Irreversible

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: George Bush, Genetically Engineered Foods, Invasive Species, Regulation, Genetic Roulette, Gmo, Usda, Monsanto, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Contamination, Extinction, Obama Transition, Environment, Field Trials, Genetically Modified Foods, Genetically Engineered Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

After all weather effects of 21st century climate change have disappeared from the earth's surface, two destructive impacts traceable to George Bush's policies will yet remain.

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The Dead Zone Diet

Kerry Trueman | Posted 09.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Biotechnology, Agribiz, Monsanto, Hypoxia, Claire Cummings, Fish, Frances Moore Lappé, Sustainability, Industrial Agriculture, Dead Zones, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Steak or salmon? Enjoy your dithering while you can, folks. It's Agribiz vs. Aquabiz, and at the moment, the farmers are beating the waders off of the fishermen.

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