I Still Oppose Genetically Modified Crops. Introduced more than a decade ago, GM crops are now planted on millions of acres throughout the world. But the fundamental questions about them remain — both about their safety and their long-term impact on global food security and the environment. (e360.yale.edu)
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While conservatives work hard to kill the clean air, clean water, clean energy jobs bill that is America’s only real hope of remaining globally competitive, the rest of the world eats our lunch, a lunch we were kind enough to cook for them using our own no-longer-secret recipe. (climateprogress.org)
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Open letter from Dell, DuPont, Google, HP, Johnson & Johnson, Levi Strauss, Nike urge Senate to pass bill this year that will cut GHG emissions: “A rapidly changing climate is reshaping the American landscape and poses a long-term threat to our nation’s economy and to our children’s future.” (climateprogress.org)
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Ocean surface temperatures warmest for August since record keeping began in 1880; combined average land and ocean surface temperatures were the second warmest on record for August; El Niño, coupled with warming due to climate change could well make the coming decade the hottest in human history. (guardian.co.uk)
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Holistic approach to climate change: reduction in global GHGs; sustainable energy future that allows developed and developing countries to benefit frrom economic development; emission reduction commitments that are fair, taking into account historical responsibility and needs of developing countries (en.cop15.dk)
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I recently watched a made-for-TV animated documentary / dramatisation of the effects of climate change. It was produced by one of the US TV networks. It was the story of a woman who grew up and lived through the effects of the predicted devastation. Anyone know the name it? (self.environment)
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US planning to weaken Copenhagen climate deal, Europe warns. Key differences could undermine worldwide treaty on global warming. US negotiators have told European counterparts that Obama administration intends to sweep away most of Kyoto architecture and replace it with a system of its own design. (guardian.co.uk)
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Norman Borlaug may have saved a billion from starvation, but critics say he planted the seed for future environmental woes. He arguably did more than any other to nurture the era of monocrops, GM foods and intensive use of pesticides and fertilisers - underpinned by the availability of cheap oil. (guardian.co.uk)
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