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The GMO Fear Train Has Left the Station

May 9, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, GMOs | 442 comments

https://yourartbeat.net/2025/03/11/ssirrp8 For GMO opponents, it’s been a good news/bad news week. The good news: Vermont became the first state to mandate the labeling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients. (More about that in a minute.) The bad news: New York Times food writer Mark Bittman, a darling of the food movement, wrote a column that called… https://www.fogliandpartners.com/xvjwt66zqd Continue Reading…

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Squaring New U.S. Climate Report with "All of the Above"

May 7, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, climate communication, global warming | 22 comments

https://municion.org/zd0c3cz It wasn’t that long ago that global warming was mostly discussed as (and believed to be) a distant threat– the scope, timing and severity of its impacts considered uncertain. Then in recent years, as climate scientists began studying and asserting linkages between greenhouses gases and severe weather events, the discourse shifted. We are now at… Continue Reading…

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The Exploitation of Indian Farmer Suicides

May 5, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in GMOs, India | 125 comments

From The Economist’s Demography and Development blog, several months ago: FACTS can be stubborn – and irritating. It is satisfying—perhaps even gratifying—to accept the idea that genetically modified crops are causing thousands of Indian farmers to commit suicide (as this article claims). The notion seems plausible: farmers take out higher debts on the promise that GM seeds… Continue Reading…

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Eco-Pragmatism Takes Root at NYT Editorial Page

May 2, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, climate pragmatism, environment, environmentalism, global warming, New York Times, nuclear power | 17 comments

https://hazenfoundation.org/24g0j5t This is notable: The dangers of nuclear power are real, but the accidents that have occurred, even Chernobyl, do not compare to the damage to the earth being inflicted by the burning of fossil fuels — coal, gas and oil. That’s from an editorial in today’s New York Times, which will make for uncomfortable reading… https://ottawaphotographer.com/0oaglgxdb Continue Reading…