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New Report: GMOs Causing Massive Pesticide Pollution

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Gentically Engindeered Foods, Pesticides, The Organic Center, Bayer, Dupont, Monsanto, Gmos, Union of Concerned Scientists, Syngenta, Food Safety, Crop Yields, Herbicides, Biotech, Center for Food Safety, Dow, Climate Change, Green News
Andrew Kimbrell

There is one fact about genetically engineered foods that there is no debate about: no one wakes up in the morning eager to buy gene-altered food. There's good reason for this.

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Missing the SuperFreaking Point (and Ignoring the Business Case for Green)

Andrew Winston | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green

Read More: National Academy of Sciences, Eric Pooley, Superfreakonomics, Geoengineering, Union of Concerned Scientists, Carbon Emissions, Joe Romm, Steven Levitt, Robert Kennedy Jr, Climate Change, Stephen Dubner, Paul Krugman, Green News
Andrew Winston

The authors of SuperFreakonomics fail to mention that the process of shifting to a low-carbon economy has enormous upsides completely aside from the benefits to climate balance.

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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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Post's Krauthammer Pushes Dangerous Fantasy

Joe Cirincione | Posted 08.10.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Nobel Prize, Richard Garwin, Nuclear Weapons, Charles Krauthammer, Missile Defense, George W. Bush, Union-of-Concerned-Scientists, Ted Postol, Start Treaty, Neoconservatives, Science, United States, Washington Post, Arms Control, Barack Obama, World News
Joe Cirincione

Krauthammer wants Russia to build more nuclear weapons. Why? Because he thinks we can shoot them out of the sky like clay pigeons. This is simply not true.

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Restoring Science To Its Rightful Place

Rep. Rush Holt | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Science, Obama Administration, President Obama, Union of Concerned Scientists, Scientists, Inauguration, Rush Holt, 100 Days, Obama's First 100 Days, Obama 100 Day, Obama Science, Politics News
Rep. Rush Holt

There is a false impression in Washington that you need a PhD or science background to use scientific facts and research to make public policy decisions. This should not be the case.

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'Yes We Can' Create a Sane Food Policy in the U.S.

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Charlie Stenholm, Whole Foods, Time Magazine, Pew Foundation, Center for Public Integrity, John Carlin, Pew Commission, Larry Summers, Joe Klein, Barack Obama, Clinton Administration, Farm Bill, Michael Pollan, John Salazar, Colin Peterson, Union of Concerned Scientists, Dwight Eisenhower, Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture, John Podesta, Rosa DeLauro, Obama Transition, National Economic Council, Eric Schlosser, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Bruce Friedrich

In January, we will have a president who understands and cares about the broader implications of our food policy. This will be an impressive first.

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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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Sam Stein

Environmentalists Fear Obama Will Forget Them In Economic Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rodger Schlickeisen, Environmental Policy, President Obama, Green Jobs, Eocnomy Environment, Environmental Concerns, Jim Lyonational, Union of Concerned Scientists, Greenpeace, Global Warming, Climate Change, Obama Environment, Environment, Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, Economic Debate, Gas Leaks, Barack Obama, Green Technology, Green News, National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society, President Elect Obama, Politics News

There is a small but growing concern within environmental circles that the current economic crisis will push back some of the "green" agenda that Bara...

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Environmentalists draft bold roadmap for Obama

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green

Read More: President Obama, President Elect Obama, Green News, Environment, Jim Lyonational, Union of Concerned Scientists, Rodger Schlickeisen, National Wildlife Federation, Global Warming, Climate Change, Gas Leaks, Defenders of Wildlife, Environmental Policy, Natural Resources Defense Council, American Rivers, Greenpeace, National Audubon Society, Clean Technologies, Green Technology, 100 Days, Green News

WASHINGTON — A united and diverse coalition of environmental advocacy groups has sent President-elect Barack Obama its roadmap for change _ and ...

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Amber Waves of Antibodies

Gourmet | Barry Estabrook | Posted 12.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Grocery Manufacturers Association, Farming, Usda, Food Matters, Union of Concerned Scientists, Gm, Eating Matters, Genetically Modified, Agriculture, Green News, General Mills, Pepsico, Green News

Another week, another hole ripped in our food safety net. This one is courtesy of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which last month...

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Environmental Groups Congratulate Obama on Victory

Maura Judkis | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Union of Concerned Scientists, World Wildlife Fund, Environmentalists, Audubon Society, Environment, Environmentalism, Election Results, Greenpeace, 2008 Election, Sierra Club, Barack Obama, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, 2008 Presidential Election, President Obama, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day, Sarah Palin, HuffPost Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, John McCain, Obama Wins, Election Day 2008, Joe Biden, Election, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, Presidential Election, Green News
Maura Judkis

Among the many celebrating Barack Obama's victory today are environmentalists. Here's what some have to say:

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To the Presidential Candidates....Debate This!

Deirdre Imus | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Canditates, Environmental Health, Health, Vaccine, Presidential Debate, Children's Health, 2008 Election, Deirdre Imus, Superfund Trust Fund, Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology, International Agency for Research in Cancer, Who, Vaccine Injury Compensation Act, Usda, Complementary and Alternative Therapies, Dr. David Graham, Superfund Waste Sites, Union of Concerned Scientists, National Institute for Environomental Health Sciences, Hurricane Katrina, American Chemical Council, Toxic Substances Control Act, World Health Organization, Environmental Protection Agency, Faroes Statement, The Surviellence Epidemiology and End Results, Chemical Related Illness, Vicp, Cog, Fema, Children's Oncology Group, Government Accounting Office, Epa, Dangerous Chemicals, Vioxx, Gao, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cam, Niehs, Seer, Iarc, Acc, Tosca, 100 Days, Politics News
Deirdre Imus

No question, the energy and economic crisis affect us all. But noticeably absent from the primaries and now the presidential debates have been any discussions about America's children.

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Sarah Palin's Empty Promise

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: George Bush, Powering the Planet, Gas Prices, Energy Information Administration, Congress, Offshore, Sarah Palin, Fuel Economy Standards, Cnbc, Mpg, Union of Concerned Scientists, Rnc, Drill, Nancy Pelosi, Environment, Drilling, Oil, Republicans, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Simran Sethi

Encouraging the auto industry to adhere to higher standards and pursue hybrid technology will reduce our dependence on all oil. Drill, baby, drill? No. Think, baby, think.

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Cartoon Contest Aims To Illuminate Federal Interference In The Sciences

Huffington Post | Posted 09.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Union of Concerned Scientists, Political Cartoon, Science, Cartoon, Cartoon Contest, Scientific Integrity Editorial Cartoon Contest, Political Cartoons, Science Cartoon, Green News

The third annual Scientific Integrity Editorial Cartoon Contest, sponsored by the Union of Concerned Scientists, encouraged politically-minded artists...

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Life Cycle: Look into the Light

Simran Sethi | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Compact Florescent Light Bulb, Coal-Plant, Cfl, Green, Kathleen Sebelius, Coal, Rod Bremby, Union of Concerned Scientists, Light, Climate Change, Energy Bill, Mercury, Environment, Global Warming, Incandescent, Kansas, Coejl, Green News
Simran Sethi

People give you this whole rap about how easy saving the planet is. Change a light bulb and save the world. Yes and no. How about we consider it a start rather than an end destination?

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Video of Sleeping Guards Shakes Nuclear Industry

Washington Post | Steven Mufson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Bush Administration, Union of Concerned Scientists, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, George W. Bush, Nuclear Energy Oversight, CBS News, Fbi, Politics News

Kerry Beal was taken aback when he discovered last March that many of his fellow security guards at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant in Pennsylvan...

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