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Bee-gate: European IUCN task force mired in corruption scandal over neonics ban plot
The European-based IUCN Taskforce on Systemic Pesticides consists of activist scientists that exploit the weaknesses in the peer review process, ...
Ontario farmers claim they are ‘bullied’ by proposed neonics ban
In November, the Ontario premier’s office and the ministry of the environment and climate change revealed its plan to restrict the ...
Opponents to GE trees contend science violates environment and social mores
Organizations against genetically engineered (GE) trees are working across four continents to call for an end to the scientific manipulation ...
EPA accomplice in environmentalists’ war on neonics?
The Environmental Protection Agency is arguably the worst regulatory agency in the history of the world. But perhaps I understate ...
Neonics ban tied to corrupted bee research by scientists at EU’s ethically-challenged IUCN?
Under the auspices of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, activist scientists map out a 4-year strategy to get ...
Reflections on the Great Biotech Debate: Dissecting the arguments
Intelligence Squared, an organization that organizes public debates across the globe, holds them in traditional Oxford debating style which pits one team ...
How activists planned assault on neonics (and bees)
Imagine a scenario where a group of people get together to frame the debate about science and even set out ...
EU “independent” bee task force chair plotted to blame neonicotinoids for deaths then cook research to fit PR plan
Research blaming pesticides for the decline in honeybees has been called into question by a leaked note suggesting that scientists ...
Viewpoint: A wake-up call for US farmers: The EPA is trying to put you out of business
This article originally appeared at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The Environmental Protection Agency ...
Bee deaths and neonics: Inside story of Colony Collapse Disorder, Harvard’s Chensheng Lu’s crusade
Two "Harvard studies" by nutritionist Chensheng Lu are the linchpin of the claim that we face a global bee collapse ...
Why does your cat love you…sort of? DNA unravels feline mysteries
Domestic cats have a reputation as being "marginally tame and lacking in the servile sycophantic affect of the dog." Added ...
GMO farmers guilty until proven innocent: Monsanto to challenge Maui crop ban
A ban on the growing of GMO crops by Maui County voters by a scant 1077 votes—less than .5 percent of the total—will ...
Cameroon on path to introduce GMO Bt cotton
Cameroon is poised to become the tenth country to grow GMO cotton--a cotton variety modified to express the natural insecticide, the bacterium ...
Citizen scientists embrace urban agriculture
City life may not seem conducive to agriculture but all across America, citizen scientists are learning about the latest methods ...
How to sell a toxic pesticide the smart way–call it organic
Puzzled about how organic pesticides and synthetic ones have such a different perception among Whole Foods shoppers? Here is an ...
Los Angeles City Council seeks to ban planting and sale of GMO plants
Citing fears of the impact on the environment and public health, the Los Angeles City Council called Tuesday for a ...
National Wildlife Refuge System bans on GMOs and neonics lack transparency, scientific rationale
While not identifying any specific evidence that pesticides or genetically modified crops might cause environmental or human damage, the NWRS ...
Should Science and Nature run advertorial by wacky Dr. Bronner’s that misleads on GMOs?
David Bronner, CEO of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, presides over a company with famously wacky product labels. ... But apparently, Bronner's ...
Saving bees requires less pesticides, changing farming
There is much more to “saving the bees” than spring flowers and a golden mascot. Don’t get me wrong, honeybees have ...
‘Urban farmers’ behind GMO labeling initiatives
When the "in" crowd wrests the levers of power from the "out" crowd, be ready to duck. Trendy slogans may ...
Natural Resources Defense Council sues EPA to block rollout of Dow Enlist Duo GMO system
The NRDC filed what is expected to be the first of numerous suits challenging the EPA's approval of Enlist Duo, ...
General Mills’ Cascadian Farm launches ‘bee-friendly’ campaign, GMO critics unimpressed
Alarm has grown in recent years over the widespread loss of bee colonies, not just because of the canary-in-the-coal-mine implications ...
Food 2.0: Will farmers be able to meet the ecological challenges ahead?
Financial columnist Paul Farrell recently explored the investment challenges and opportunities for food tech companies. We deconstruct some of his ...
Enviros file suit to block new Dow AgroSciences GMO herbicide and seeds
The Natural Resources Defense Council asked a federal court to block Dow AgroSciences' new Enlist Duo product from entering the ...
Enlist Duo: Everything you need to know about new dual herbicide resistant crops
With the EPA poised to clear Enlist, the dual herbicide mixture, next week, the GLP reviews the issues around this ...
As EU pesticide ban to ‘save bees’ backfires, focus of failure turns to activist politicians
Within only 10 months of the precautionary ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, farmers in the UK are reporting significant crop losses for ...
British farmers union calls for review of insecticide ban as losses mount
The National Farmer's Union of England and Wales (NFU) has called on policymakers to urgently review the evidence showing the ...
Precautionary principle backfires in Europe, insecticide ban harms bees and farming
An EU pesticide ban that was supposed to protect bees has done no such thing. All it does is damage ...
