Here's a Bad Idea: Gas From Trees ( 05/08/2008 12:33:55 )
By Josh Schlossberg, The Eugene Register-Guard
Published: April 27, 2008 12:00AM
Industry lapdog. Dishonest shill. Shameless profiteer. These are some of the names I've heard people call Martin Jack Desmond after his April 20 guest viewpoint pushing cellulosic ethanol as a solution to the rising cost and dwindling supply of gasoline.
But I'm going to give Desmond the benefit of the doubt: I'm willing to believe he really thinks he's doing a good thing. Of course, doctors in the 1950s also thought they were doing a good thing when they prescribed ... For more click here
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Groups Issue International Joint Commentary on GE Trees ( 05/08/2008 12:24:14 )
Groups from all over the world joined together at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity's SBSTTA meeting in Rome, Italy in February to demand that the CBD issue a moratorium on the release of genetically engineered trees into the environment.
They are joining together ... For more click here
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Sign on Against Polluting Pulp Mill in Chile ( 04/30/2008 12:42:51 )
Polluting Chilean Pulp Mill Profits from Global Warming Credits
Please sign on below to protest this travesty in solidarity with Mapuche communities!
Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A.(CELCO/Arauco) is a Chilean forestry company that belongs to a powerful Chilean holding. This company has caused several ecological disasters, ... For more click here
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Fighting Free Trade Agreements: Growing Resistance to Bilaterals ( 04/29/2008 11:03:12 ) Fighting FTAS: the growing resistance to bilateral free trade and investment agreements
Check out and download the online version of "Fighting FTAs: the growing resistance to bilateral free trade and investment agreements", a collaborative publication released by bilaterals.org, BIOTHAI and GRAIN in February 2008 at www.fightingftas.org.
"Fighting FTAs" ... For more click here
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