Ireland to Ban Genetically Modified Crops
| A wild and wooly week of water By Spreck Rosekrans Spreck Rosekrans is an Economic Analyst at EDF.The 2009 water year ended this week amidst a plethora of activity, conflict and entertainment.On Tuesday, as NASA rocket scientists were talking water in Pasadena, Comedy Centrals Jon Stewart responded to Fox News Sean Hannity on the Daily Show.On Wednesday, PacifiCorp agreed to terms for removing four [.] |
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| Ireland to Ban Genetically Modified Crops The Irish Government will ban the cultivation of all GM crops and introduce a voluntary GM-free label for food - including meat, poultry, eggs, fish, crustaceans, and dairy produce made without the use of GM animal feed. The policy was adopted as part of the Renewed Programme for Government agreed between the two coalition partners, the centre-right Fianna Faíl and the Green Party, after the latter voted to support it on Saturday. |
| Brumby’s dirty secret: Coal for export. Confidential cabinet documents obtained by The Age show the Brumby Government is considering offering billions of tonnes of Latrobe Valley coal for tender next year. |
| Rising U.S. population makes 2050 climate cut harder. A rising population will make it harder for the United States to make 2050 cuts in greenhouse gas emissions than for Russia and some other rich nations with shrinking populations, a Reuters survey showed. |