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Jan 28, 2021

Media Briefing on PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Legislation, January 28, 2021

Sharon Anglin Treat

To read the full statement delivered by Senior Attorney Sharon Treat during the January 28, 2021 Press Conference on Maine PFAS Legislation, please click here. 

Jan 25, 2021

Democracy in US nanotechnology strategy

Dr. Steve Suppan

The U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) integrates the work of 20 federal agencies. As required by law, it develops a Strategic Plan to guide both policy and the spending of its budget, proposed at $1.723 billion for 2021.

Jan 20, 2021

A Journey Toward Gender Equity in Agroecology

Karen Hansen-Kuhn

IATP mourns the loss of Olga Alcaraz Andrade, a leader in the Mexican farmers’ organization REDCCAM and our partner ANEC. We republish this article on her work as one small way to honor her achievements and celebrate her life.

Dec 10, 2020

A roadmap for the Biden-Harris administration: Re-designing farm systems for the climate crisis

Ben Lilliston

As the Biden-Harris transition team rapidly fills key cabinet positions and senior leadership, it also is setting priorities for the first 100 days. If the “Build Back Better” mantra is to become reality, particularly in advancing equitable solutions to the climate crisis, the transition team will have to think systemically — not just agency by agency.

Looking to the states on climate adaptation

Dec 7, 2020

New factsheets on EU-Mercosur deal expose risks to both regions

Karen Hansen-Kuhn

Last week, Brazil National Space Research Institute (INPE) reported the highest rate of deforestation in the Amazon since 2008. Between August 2019 and July 2020, 11,087 square kilometers were deforested in the Amazon under the Bolsonaro government. The latest figures come on top of rising deforestation rates in previous years.

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