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Green News Report: March 31, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.31.2011 | Green
Read More: Co2, Fracking, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Chernobyl, Electricity, Radioactivity, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, California Air Resources Board, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Green Party, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, California, Dolphins, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Toxic Chemicals, Japan Earthquake, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, China, Natural Disasters, Iaea, Joshua Tree, Genetically Modified Food, GMO Foods, Barack Obama, Pennsylvania, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Airlines, Organic Farming, PG&E, Waste, Bp, Pacific Gas & Electric, Energy Efficiency, Monsanto, Waste Management, Tim Pawlenty, Smart Meter, National Parks, Green News
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Green News Report: March 24, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Co2, World Water Day, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Electricity, Radioactivity, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Food Politics, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Interior Department, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Toxic Chemicals, Japan Earthquake, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Food, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, BP Oil Spill, Japan, Google, Antarctica, Arctic Ice Melt, Wyoming, Trees, Creationism, Contamination, Electric Cars, Genetically Modified Food, Usda, Michigan, Solar Power, Gmos, Arctic, Altoids, Twin Cities, Evolution, Green News
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Shoppers Find It Hard To Avoid GM Foods

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Food, Genetically Engineered Food, GE Food, Gmo, GM Food, Green News

WASHINGTON — You may not want to eat genetically engineered foods. Chances are, you are eating them anyway. Genetically modified plants grown f...

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Strawberry Genome May Lead To Cheaper, More Durable Berries

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Strawberries, Strawberry, Strawberry Genome, Strawberry Genome Mapped, Genetically Modified Food, GMO Foods, Home News

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Farmers have long struggled with getting ripe strawberries to market in good shape, but scientists say the recent mapping of t...

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An Open Letter to President Obama

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Rodale, Maria Rodale, Organic Farming, President Obama, Organic Food, Genetically Modified Food, Obama, President's Day, Organic, Home News
Maria Rodale

Dear President Obama, I am extremely disappointed that you gave in to the bullying of Monsanto and its legion of lobbyists, all paid for by the corrupt subsidies of the American Farm Bill.

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Monsanto Nation: Exposing Monsanto's Minions

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Gmos, Monsanto, Usda, Barack Obama, Food Labels, Organic Consumer Association, Pesticides, Organic Food, White House Garden, Genetically Modified Food, Home News
Ronnie Cummins

Should we resign ourselves to the fact that the Biotech Bully of St. Louis controls the dynamics of the marketplace and public policy? Or should we stand up and say Hell No to Monsanto?

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Bittman: Why Aren't G.M.O. Foods Labeled?

Mark Bittman in the New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Gmos, Food and Drug Administration, US Department of Agriculture, Mark Bittman, Genetically Engineered Foods, Food Labels, Home News

If you want to avoid sugar, aspartame, trans-fats, MSG, or just about anything else, you read the label. If you want to avoid G.M.O.'s -- genetically ...

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First Lady's Food Vision 'At Best Fragmented, At Worst A Failure'

Wenonah Hauter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Farming, Usda, Michelle Obama, Usda-Organic, USDA Policy, Genetically Modified Food, Obama, Barack Obama, Genetic Engineering, Green News
Wenonah Hauter

Mrs. Obama's vision for healthy food is at best fragmented and at worst a failure. She does not address the root causes of our broken food system, where a few powerful players make all of the decisions about what we eat.

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Contamination From Genetically Modified Alfalfa Certain

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: GMO Alfalfa, Genetically Modified Food, Monsanto Alfalfa, Monsanto, Gm Alfalfa, Alfalfa, Home News

DES MOINES, Iowa — Contamination of organic and traditional crops by recently deregulated, genetically modified alfalfa is inevitable, agricultu...

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Dear Secretary Vilsack: Please Reconsider the Fate of Our Milk

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Food Allergies, Vilsack, Alfalfa, Centers for Disease Control, Health, Milk, Food, Genetically Modified Food, Soybeans, Biotech, Gmo, Allergies, Nutrition, Home News
Robyn O'Brien

With utmost sincerity, I urge you to delay the approval of genetically engineered alfalfa. I believe this alfalfa will directly impact our children's milk supply, given that it is used as livestock feed for dairy cows.

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USDA Officially Approves Genetifically Modified Alfalfa

Barry Estabrook at The Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Usda, Big Ag, Gmos, GMO Alfalfa, Tom Vilsack, Big Agriculture, Monsanto, Alfalfa, Home News

On Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) had approved the unrestricted planting...

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Obama's Team Includes Dangerous Biotech "Yes Men"

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Joseph Cortright, Gmos, Transition Team, Tom Vilsack, Dennis Wolff, Fda, Barack Obama, Monsanto, Rbgh, Secretary of Agriculture, Genetically Engineered Food, Michael Taylor, Unbossed, Dan Glickman, Food Safety, Genetically Modified Food, Obama Transition, Obama GMOs, Bovine Growth Hormone, Usda, Food and Drug Administration, Steven Druker, Oregon, Genetic Engineering, Rbst, Obama Usda, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

Instead of giving us change and hope, biotech "Yes Men" on Obama's team may prolong the hypnotic "group think" that has been institutionalized over three previous administrations.

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Green News Report: January 6, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Floods, House of Representatives, Cap and Trade, Epa, Regulation, Pipelines, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Apocalypse, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, US Senate, Gop, Coal Ash, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming, Fish Kill, Arkansas, Bp, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Nuclear Energy, Environmentalism, BRAD BLOG, Mining, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Climate Legislation, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, China, Desertification, Glaciers, France, John Boehner, Wikileaks, Msha, Infrastructure, Rising Sea Level, Judy Bonds, Mountaintop Removal, Incandescent Bulbs, Genetically Modified Food, John Kasich, Massey Energy, Gmos, White House Oil Spill Commission, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Creation Care, Mine Safety, Energy Efficiency, High Speed Rail, Fox News, Green News
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THINK HUGE. Thinking "Big" is so last century.

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Food Safety, Genetically Modified Food, The Tipping Point, Health Care, Gmo, Tipping Point, Healthy Living News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/news/583 Inspirational News Year's Message from Jeffrey Smith This is the need of the time. HUGE thinking. Life...

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Throwing Biotech Lies at Tomatoes - Part 1: Killer Tomatoes

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Genetic Modification, Gmos, Dr. Arpad Pusztai, Geneticallly Engineered, Genetically Modified, Dr. Martineau, Genetically Modified Food, Fda Approval, Food Safety, Calgene, Fda, Gmo, Flavr Savr Tomatoes, Genetic Engineering, Home News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/552 Remember the pictures of the fish tomatoes? For years they were an unofficial emblem of the anti-GMO m...

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Throwing Biotech Lies at Tomatoes - Part 2: The Liars

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Genetic Modification, Genetically Modified Food, Food Safety, Fda Approval, Gmos, Gmo, Fda, Genetic Engineering, Royal Society of Canada, Food Safety Research, Health Risks, Linda Kahl, Food Safety Testing, US National Academy of Sciences, Health Dangers, Board on Life Sciences, GE Food, Genetic Roulette, Chassy and Tribe, GMO Disinformation, Genetically Engineered, Nas, Fran Sharples, Flavr Savr Tomato, Home News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/558 < Read Part 1 I write about the Flavr Savr in Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetic...

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USDA Recommends "Coexistence" with Monsanto: We Say Hell No!

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Coexistence, Genetically Modified Food, Gmos, Biotech, Truth in Labeling, Organic, Monsanto, Home News
Ronnie Cummins

TAKE ACTION: Stop GMO Contamination of Organic! http://capwiz.com/grassrootsnetroots/issues/alert/?alertid=14469696 "If you put a label on geneticall...

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Green News Report: December 21, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Cap and Trade, Chevy Volt, Green Jobs, Christianity Environmentalism, Epa, Regulation, Pipelines, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wikileaks, Coal, California, Sharks, Cornwall Alliance, Evangelicals, Offshore Drilling, Rising Sea Level, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, Electric Cars, Greg Palast, Christmas, US Senate, Contaminated Water, Genetically Modified Food, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming, Fox News Channel, Bp, Toxic Water, Gmos, Environmentalists, Carbon Emissions, Research, Christmas Trees, European Union, Global Temperature, Arctic, BRAD BLOG, Mining, Green News, Oil, Ocean Acidification, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Climate Legislation, Ethanol, Carp, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Green News
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Are GMOs Safe?

Paul Tullis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Gmos, Genetically Engineered Foods, Food, Frankenfood, Monsanto, Nutrition, Home News
Paul Tullis

The most profound innovation to come to many crops in the last generation is genetic engineering. The cultivation of corn and soy today is so scientifically advanced it would be unrecognizable to a farmer just 40 years ago.

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What Do Cows' Milk And Thicker Skulls Have In Common?

Gregory Cochran | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Genetic Testing, Human Evolution, Genetically Engineered Foods, Science, Darwinism, 10000 Year Explosion, Gregory Cochran, Civilization, Creationism, Darwin, Charles Darwin, Genetically Modified Food, Genetics, Evolution, Henry Harpending, Genetic Engineering, Books News
Gregory Cochran

Note that old-style humans had much thicker skulls than we do today. Field researchers have actually mistaken fragments of a homo erectus skull for part of a turtle shell.

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Genetically Modified Salmon: Meet the Pookalmon

Nick Joy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Salmon, Seafood, Genetically Modified Salmon, Genetically Modified Food, Animal Welfare, Salmon Farms, Fish, Green News
Nick Joy

How can we take parts of a different species, put them in an animal and yet call it by the same name? How come you can call it a salmon? It isn't one. Let's call it what it really is.

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Green News Report: November 2, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Green Jobs, 2010 Elections, Clean Energy, Fda, Green News Report, Water Crisis, Pipeline, Offshore Drilling, Rising Sea Level, Tea Baggers, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Genetically Modified Food, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Disney, Global Warming Deniers, Gulf of Mexico, Tea Party, Bp, Yemen, Gmos, Van Jones, Terrorism, BRAD BLOG, California Prop 23, Mrsa, Green News, Climate Legislation, BP Oil Spill, Ethanol, Salmon, Navajo Nation, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., United Nations, Convention on Biological Diversity, Natural Capitalism, Global Warming, Rfk Jr, Mining, Halliburton, Green News
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Nuclear Power Ambivalence: the Fears and the Facts

David Ropeik | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Germany, Melanoma, Carcinogen, Berlin, Who, Risk Perception, Co2, Merkel, Bundestag, Project Syndicate, Coal, Nuclear Industry, Radiation, Japan, Vaccines, Hibakusha, Electricity, Oil, Genetically Modified Food, Chernobyl, Nuclear Power, Green News
David Ropeik

Germany's ambivalence about nuclear power, common in many developed countries, is again on display following the decision by Chancellor Merkel and the...

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Eco Etiquette: 10 Tips For A Green Halloween

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Organic Halloween Candy, Green Halloween, Green Advice, Pvc, Composting, Genetically Modified Food, Food Waste, Green Living, Hershey's, Fair Trade Chocolate, Indoor Air Pollution, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

With a few simple swaps you can guard the health of the planet and your little ones (and your own, if you're still a kid at heart) without sacrificing a ghoulish good time. Here are my top 10 tips for a green Halloween.

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Top 10 Ways to Avoid GMOs

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Genetically Modified Foods, Home News
Maria Rodale

This month, October, is Non-GMO Month. I find most people are really confused about what a GMO is and where GMOs are found. Some people tend to think ...

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