Pro-GMO campaign tours to bring golden rice to Asia

A campaign is set to be launched on March 16 in the country to allow golden rice for tackling Vitamin ...

Conflicting principles: Are anti-GMO groups abusing public records transparency laws?

Keith Kloor |
A succession of stories in recent weeks involving scientists and open records requests have anguished many who cherish two ideals: academic ...
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Did Bill Nye, the anti-GMO guy, just flip? After visiting Monsanto? Stay tuned

Keith Kloor |
The 'Science Guy' has not yet announced how his views about GMOs have changed--he has been a skeptic for years--but ...
Viewpoint: Beware the attack of the Green Blob!

Viewpoint: Beware the attack of the Green Blob!

Henry Miller, Kavin Senapathy |
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Radical environmental activists, aka ...
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Can GM technology promote sustainable salmon farming?

Rebecca Randall |
Can biotechnology overcome the stigma manufactured by activists to provide solutions for a sustainable seafood movement? Is the sustainability movement ...
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Owen Paterson: ‘Anti-GMO stance of Green Blob, Greenpeace condemn poor to starvation, death

Owen Patterson |
Former UK environment secretary goes on the attack against what he says are modern Luddites: Greenpeace and the ministers of ...

Greenpeace acts like corporations in agenda to discredit corporations

Jim Orson |
Recently, the issue of the amount of sugar in soft drinks was in the headlines. In the ensuing discussion, there were ...

Does it contain GMOs or protect rainforests? App scans food, provides label alternative

Randy Shore |
A new smartphone app may help concerned consumers bring social and environmental justice to the grocery store by supplying information ...
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The Original Frankenfoods: Origins of Our Fear of Genetic Engineering

Aneela Mirchandani |
The anti-GMO community has gotten a lot of propaganda mileage out of demonizing GM crops as Frankenstein's creation. GLP guest ...
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Will Tanzania follow Burkina Faso in embracing GM crops to fight ravaging diseases?

Isaac Ongu |
There is a groundswell of popular support for crop biotechnology among African farmers, with Uganda and Burkina Faso the most ...
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Anti-GMO sociologists mute attacks on biotech, urge greater sensitivity to cultural impacts

Amber Sherwood |
At the National Research Council's public webinar on GM crops, three sociologists, known for their concerns about the cultural impact ...
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Deposed EU scientific advisor Anne Glover says Greenpeace lied to oust her

Hannah Devlin |
The former chief scientific adviser to the European commission has accused environmental groups of “manufacturing” claims that they knew to ...

EU to consider new channels for scientific advice

Éanna Kelly |
There have been hesitant celebrations from scientists following the announcement that the European Commission has kick-started the process of establishing ...

Greenpeace, activist groups call on tight regulation of new genetic engineering methods

In a joint open letter to the European Commission, eight farmers', environmental and food safety organisations demand that products derived ...
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Former Greenpeace UK bucks NGOs opposition to GM crops, endorses some GMOs

Stephen Tindale |
One month after taking office, the Juncker Commission reached an agreement with the European Council and the European Parliament on ...

Neither environmentalists nor industry happy with EU rules on GMOs

Chris Arsenault |
Campaign groups and the biotech industry are digging in for a new round of conflict, following the European Union's decision ...
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Avoiding “foreign genes” trap: Tale of two potatoes highlights new era of GE crops

Rebecca Randall |
J.R. Simplot’s recently approved Innate potato could be the first in a new generation of GMO crops bred using new ...
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Court overturns EU ban on stem cell patents

Today the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled that human embryonic stem cell patents could be allowed if organisms can't ...
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Bee-gate: European IUCN task force mired in corruption scandal over neonics ban plot

David Zaruk |
The European-based IUCN Taskforce on Systemic Pesticides consists of activist scientists that exploit the weaknesses in the peer review process, ...
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Neonics ban tied to corrupted bee research by scientists at EU’s ethically-challenged IUCN?

David Zaruk |
Under the auspices of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, activist scientists map out a 4-year strategy to get ...
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GMO DEBATE RECAP: Battle over Biotechnology—Public backs GM research and farming

Kevin Folta |
I was really excited to watch the Intelligence Squared debate. I've been looking forward to it for seemingly ages. Bottom ...
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In wake of GMO debate defeat, antis throw leaders under the bus?

Jon Entine |
Within minutes after the routing of anti-GMO scientists Margaret Mellon and Charles Benbrook at Wednesday's Intelligence Squared debate--the motion in favor of ...

Filipino farmers petition government to deny golden rice approval

Diana Mendoza |
Jon Sarmiento, a farmer in the Cavite province in southern Manila, plants a variety of fruits and vegetables, but his ...

Axing of European science czar over GMO issues: 1 step forward for Greenpeace, 2 steps back for EU and science

Michael Specter |
Since 2012, the distinguished Scottish biologist Anne Glover has served as chief scientific adviser to the President of the European ...
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Anti-GMO victory: At Greenpeace’s urging EU axes science adviser who supports climate research, biotech

James Wilsdon |
The European Commission quietly confirmed Wednesday that its most senior scientific role, that of chief scientific adviser (CSA) to its ...

India blocks ‘subversive’ Greenpeace activists from entering country

NGO Greenpeace International, which is under the scanner of intelligence agencies, today alleged activists associated with it are being denied ...
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Understanding the war against GMOs

Fourat Janabi |
I recently finished Robert Greene's marvelous book, The 33 Strategies of War--a 33 stage journey in destroying your enemies. As ...