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Category: Biotechnology

10,000 Peasants March against Monsanto in Haiti; Peasant Leader to Visit US
Hinche, Haiti– An estimated 10,000 peasants gathered for a massive march in Central Haiti on June 4, 2010, to protest what has been described as “the next earthquake for Haiti” – a donation of 475 tons of hybrid corn seeds and vegetable seeds by the US-based agribusiness giant Monsanto, in partners... Continued...

GMWatch launches new myth-busting website
GMWatch has just launched its new website: www.gmwatch.org, which replaces the one forced off the web by 14 months of cyber attacks. A network engineer brought in to advise on the damage described these as the worst attacks he'd seen in his 20 years in the industry.[1] The new site has been desi... Continued...

Clean-Energy Legislation Is an Opportunity for Farmers and the Economy
Agriculture is acutely vulnerable to global warming’s devastating effects. Congressional action on climate change will help farmers adapt and meet these challenges, and it will support American farmers’ leadership efforts in confronting the challenges ahead. The cost of inaction on U.S. agriculture ... Continued...

U.S. Working Group on the Food Crisis Urges G8 to Reject Failed Green Revolution Policies for Africa
The U.S. Working Group on the Food Crisis, a group representing anti-hunger, family farm, community food security, environmental, international aid, labor, food justice, consumers and other food system actors, urges the G8 at the upcoming Agricultural Ministerial in Treviso, Italy to reject the fail... Continued...

Experts differ on France's GM maize ban
EU food safety experts have fallen short of the required majority to endorse a European Commission request asking France to drop its use of a safeguard clause to ban Monsanto 810 genetically modified maize. Nine states did back the request, but 16 voted against or blank, and Germany and Malta did... Continued...

Developing states attack EU on generic drug seizure
GENEVA - Developing countries accused the European Union on Monday of seeking to use tough intellectual property laws to seize generic drugs, putting lives at risk in emerging nations where the cheaper medicines are often destined. At a meeting of the World Trade Organisation, Brazil and India cr... Continued...

US, EU continue to dispute bananas and bio-tech products at WTO
Geneva - During dispute settlements sessions at the World Trade Organization on Thursday, the United States and European Union continued to argue over tariffs on banana imports and bans on genetically modified foods. The US alleged that the EU was failing to comply with a judicial body decision o... Continued...

Findings from Q.H. Nie and co-authors provide new insights into cloning
According to a study from Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, "Adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) is an important triglyceride-specific lipase that catalyzes the initial step in triglyceride hydrolysis. In this study, cloning, sequencing, and mRNA real-time analyses were employed to characterize ... Continued...

Who Owns Nature?
ETC Group recently released a very useful 48-page report, "Who Owns Nature?" on corporate concentration in commercial food, farming, health, and the strategic push to commodify the planet's remaining natural resources. Here are some key extracts from the section about the seed industry. QUOTE:... Continued...

Good intentions gone wrong with city fuel order
'The tar sands is one of the greatest ecological crimes in North American history," declares Councillor Gord Perks, a veteran environmental activist now serving as the uncompromising green conscience of Mayor David Miller's city hall. So why did the City of Toronto just go out of its way, followi... Continued...

Optimism For Clean Energy as Climate Cure Wanes
The optimism of global leaders for clean energy technologies appears to be slipping a bit in the face of the global financial situation and the sheer scope of the climate problem — at least as it is reflected in a survey released this week at the global summit on climate change in Poznan, Poland. ... Continued...

IP And Genetically Modified Organisms: A Fateful Combination, Activists Say
With the expanding scope of patents on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the implementation of such crops in most countries, farmers’ rights and biodiversity are at risk, and food security has become dependent on a few transnational biotechnological companies, according to speakers at a rece... Continued...

Plant a boon for farmers
The switch hasn't been flipped, but the corn is rolling into GreenField Ethanol's $185-million plant here, indicating that startup is imminent. The plant is entering its final commissioning stages, including gas fire testing and program sequence checks. It will begin turning out ethanol in Decemb... Continued...

Why eating GM food could lower your fertility
Genetically modified corn has been linked to a threat to fertility in an official study that could deliver a hammer blow to controversial 'Frankenstein Food'. A long-term feeding trial commissioned by the Austrian government found mice fed on GM corn or maize had fewer offspring and lower birth r... Continued...

EU Approves GMO Soybean; U.S. Industry Split On Stepping Up Pressure
The European Commission this week approved a genetically modified soybean that is expected to be planted commercially in the United States next year, and the American Soybean Assn. (ASA) has received assurances that a pending application for a different GM soybean will be approved before next fall, ... Continued...

GM Issue Continues To Plague EU
The issue of genetically modified (GM) foods and how to deal with their entry into the EU market continues to plague the European Commission, this time in the form of a lawsuit issued by German chemical giant BASF. The company is alleging legally unjustified delays over the time it is taking to rece... Continued...

Grassley Defends WTO Compliance of Ethanol Tariff
Senator Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., has asked U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab to investigate whether the U.S. ethanol import tariff violates the rules of the World Trade Organization. Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is sending a letter to Schwab emphasizing the compliance of the tariff with WT... Continued...

Brazil signs deal to export sustainable ethanol
SAO PAULO,--- A group of Brazilian ethanol companies signed a deal to export certified sustainable ethanol to Sweden, in the world's first agreement of such a kind, they said on Wednesday. Brazilian groups Cosan , Guarani , NovAmerica and Alcoeste agreed sell to Sweden's Sekab 115 million liters ... Continued...

Biotech Giants Demand a High Price for Saving the Planet
Giant biotech companies are privatising the world’s protection against climate change by filing hundreds of monopoly patents on genes that help crops resist it, a new investigation has concluded. The study - by the authoritative Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group), b... Continued...

Bottled Water Backlash: Environmental Concerns are Sending People Back to Their Taps
Jennifer Phillips always felt guilty that her large Nashville law firm didn’t recycle. So after big client meetings, she collected all the empty plastic water bottles, took them home and added them to her own curbside recycling bin. Now, she is proud to report that her firm, Bass, Berry & Sims, serv... Continued...

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