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Mexican village plays host to fight over genetically engineered food
by Marc Morano CNSNews.com September 2003 VALLE VERDE, Mexico, September 2003 — An effort to promote the safety and benefits of genetically modified foods during the World Trade Organization meeting mushroomed into a clash between free market activists and environmental groups in a small-impoverished village outside of Cancun on Friday, September 12. The event, sponsored […]
The Battle of Valle Verde
Mexican campesinas choose biotechnology over fear by Ronald Bailey Eco-Imperialism.com September 2003 VALLE VERDE, Quintana Roo, Mexico, September 2003 — This dusty hamlet of tin and scrap wood shacks outside Cancun just off the main road to Merida became the latest battleground in the global war over genetically enhanced crops. The occasion was the distribution […]
The real posion is dishonesty
by Jay Ambrose Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON, DC, July 2003 President Bush, who seems honestly to care about the misery of the African people, could do them no better service on his trip to their continent than to speak out loud and clear about how fanatical, well-off, Western environmentalists are annually killing hundreds of […]
Hypocrisy on Parade
Congress should shun Hollywood’s advice in vote on Alaskan oil by Paul K. Driessen Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services April 2003 WASHINGTON, DC, April 2003 ¾ As if we needed it, this year’s somewhat subdued Academy Awards ceremony again reminded us how out-of-touch Hollywood is with America and reality. After hectoring us about saving energy, the glitterati arrived for their big night […]
Shouldn’t all organizations have to tell the truth?
by Dennis T. Avery Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services March 2003 CHURCHVILLE, VA, March 2003 BP, a huge international oil company once known as British Petroleum, now says BP stands for “beyond petroleum.” It invested $200 million in solar during the past year or so. But BP produces only enough solar electricity to light the city […]
How Europe is killing Africans
It may – as its advocates constantly exclaim – be based on a noble quest to safeguard our Earth’s future, but the “good science” of ecology leaves many urgent questions unanswered. Among the most pressing: – Why do Europe’s developed countries impose their environmental ethics on poor countries that are simply trying to pass through […]
Animals over Africans – European Priorities
by Deroy Murdock Scripps Howard News Service and National Review Online February 2003 NEW YORK, NY, February 2003 It’s a shame European functionaries don’t care as much about Africans as they do about pigs. British hog farmers are baffled by new regulations imposed by Eurocrats in Brussels. They require them to give toys to pigs […]