Publication archives

May 19, 2000

Biotech Activists, 05/18/00: Anger as GM Seeds of Discontent Spread over Europe

Thursday, May 18, 2000 / By Giles Elgood A rising tide of green anger greeted the disclosure on Thursday that farmers across Europe are unwittingly growing genetically modified crops. Environmentalists demanded that the "bad seed" be torn up as the company that imported it said that oilseed rape contaminated with GM material was growing in Britain, France, Germany and Sweden.
May 19, 2000

IATP Comments on Codex Meeting on Food Labeling

IATP submitted this comment to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Food Labeling in response to the USDA's attempt to overcome the conflict between the National Organic Standards Board and the biotechnology industry by declaring equivalency between organically produced and certified food and food derived through genetic manipulation.
May 18, 2000

The Great Lakes Go Global

With the global economy transporting natural resources like wood, food, and oil around the world like never before, it's not surprising that the newest commodity export is water.
May 18, 2000

There""s Something Happening Here

Fortune Magazine May 15, 2000 What's that sound? A noisy and growing challenge to the globalist consensus. Despite what some pundits would have you believe, these protests aren't just freak shows. By Jerry Useem
May 18, 2000

Battle Moves to Food Labels; Sides to Make Case for, Against Altered Products

May 17, 2000 / The Toronto Star / Stuart Laidlaw, Toronto Star Business Reporter
May 18, 2000

Big Protest Against GM Crops Planned in Italy

May 17, 200 / Reuters / David Brough ROME -- Environmentalists were cited as saying on Wednesday that thousands of people are expected to join a protest against genetically modified crops at an international biotechnology conference in the north Italian city of Genova next week.
May 18, 2000

Environmentalists Hail Prince's Warning over Science

May 17, 2000 / PA News / Charlotte Gapper and Padraic Flanagan Environmental campaigners were cited as today welcoming the Prince of Wales's warning about the perils of tampering with nature researchers criticised his message.
May 18, 2000

GPS SA CHANGED FOR THE GOOD

(Extracted from White House press release dated 1 May 2000) - GPS has always been the dominant standard satellite navigation system thanks to the U.S. policy of making both the signal and the receiver design specification available to the public completely