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United Nations Day of Shame
by Henry Miller and Gregory Conko TechCentralStation.com October 2003 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan recently declared that the global pursuit of scientific endeavors is marked by inequality. Noting that developing countries invest much less on scientific research and produce fewer scientists, Annan warned that the resulting imbalance in the geographic distribution of scientific activity creates problems [...]
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 [...]
Electricity – A basic human right
Blackouts remind us what life is like without electricity by Paul K. Driessen Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services September 2003 WASHINGTON, DC, September 2003 ¾ The great Northeast power failure and Hurricane Isabel reminded millions of Americans what it’s like to be without electrical power. Schools, offices, factories and water purification plants closed. Lights, computers, televisions, telephones, stoves, refrigerators, [...]
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 [...]
The Enron of nonprofits
Watchdog group charges Greenpeace with tax code violations by Paul K. Driessen Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services September 2003 WASHINGTON, DC, September 2003 Its famous name and high-profile campaigns convinced legions of people to invest in it – because it was devoted to the public interest. But complex corporate structures enabled it to violate tax laws [...]
Death by Public Policy
by Henry I. Miller, MD Scripps Howard News Service April 2003 STANFORD, CA, April 2003 Germany is unwilling, for once, to go to war. French President Jacques Chirac sputters that Eastern European nations’ support of America over Iraq “is not well-brought-up behavior.” More Europeans think George Bush is a threat to world peace than Saddam [...]
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 [...]