New WikiLeaks Cables Show US Diplomats Promote Genetically Engineered Crops Worldwide

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This is another example of governments and countries trying to push us towards the genetic root for our food and supporting companies like Monsanto and others in the interest of profit before people.

New Wiki Leaks Cables Show US Diplomats Promote Genetically Engineered Crops Worldwide:

Dozens of United States diplomatic cables released in the latest Wiki Leaks dump on Wednesday reveal new details of the US effort to push foreign governments to approve genetically engineered (GE) crops and promote the worldwide interests of agribusiness giants like Monsanto and DuPont.

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Ron Paul Says Hurricane Victims Should Act Like It's 1900 In Galveston

Ron Paul Says Hurricane Victims Should Act Like It's 1900 In Galveston:
Galveston, 1900. Image credit NOAA

Ron Paul doesn't think much of FEMA, calling it " a great contribution to deficit financing." He doesn't think the Federal government has a role to play in cleaning up after hurricanes. He tells NBC:

We should be like 1900; we should be like 1940, 1950, 1960," Paul said. "I live on the Gulf Coast; we deal with hurricanes all the time. Galveston is in my district..... "

In fact, the 1900 Galveston hurricane caused the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in US history...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Solar-Powered LED Lights in the Hudson River "Reflect" the Unseen Stars Above NYC

Solar-Powered LED Lights in the Hudson River "Reflect" the Unseen Stars Above NYC:
Images Courtesy of Sparkplug PR

In much of the United States, light pollution in cities and even the suburbs is so bad that "dark sky tourism" is a rising trend, as Americans seek out the stars their ancestors took for granted. Next month, New Yorkers will get an unusual view of the night sky, without a visit to a dark sky p...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bachmann Blames 'Radical Environmentalists' For Energy Problems

Bachmann Blames 'Radical Environmentalists' For Energy Problems:
Image credit Gage Skidmore

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann has said a few doozies in her day, but on Saturday she got particularity devoid of truth with her claims that the US has more energy resources than any other country but isn't exploiting them of unidentified "radical environmentalists."
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Turning Wartime T-Walls into Iraqi Affordable Housing

Turning Wartime T-Walls into Iraqi Affordable Housing:
Natural wind tower in housing project in Basrah, Iraq. Rendering by New World Design.

At a Pecha Kucha session during this summer's Dwell on Design conference, I was inspired by a series of seven 7-minute presentations proposed on the theme of "Regeneration." Dwell magazine editors partnered with Arc...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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As if Pesticides Were Not Bad Enough...Fake Pesticides Raise Health Fears

As if Pesticides Were Not Bad Enough...Fake Pesticides Raise Health Fears:
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Pesticides are a two-edged sword. We take the risks of toxicological and ecological side effects because the first priority is to feed a growing population of humans. Those that cannot afford organic must trust the laws and regulations to protect them. And all of us depend on those laws to prevent threats to the sustainability of ecosystems upon which we rely. But a report this week reveals that those laws...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Shalakh Apricots from Armenia Become 1000th 'Passenger' on Slow Food's Ark of Taste

Shalakh Apricots from Armenia Become 1000th 'Passenger' on Slow Food's Ark of Taste:
Mt. Ararat, seen from Armenia. Photo: Maks Karochkin / Creative Commons.

Towering above the Turkish-Armenian border, Mt. Ararat is thought by many to be the place where the biblical Noah's ark -- the vessel said to have taken on a pair of every animal species in order to repopulate the earth -- came to rest after the great flood...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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