French experts said on Wednesday serious doubts remained over whether the only genetically modified (GMO) crop grown in France was safe, a move likely to prompt the extension of a current ban on GMOs.
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Corn... fuel... fire! U.S. corn subsidies promote Amazon deforestation
According to Laurance, whose findings are reported this week in Science (December 14), a recent spike in Amazonian fires is being promoted by massive US subsidies that promote American corn production for ethanol. The ethanol is being blended with gasoline as an automobile fuel.
"American taxpayers are spending $11 billion a year to subsidize corn producers—and this is having some surprising global consequences," said Laurance.
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Greens slam environmental law overhaul - Environment Australia
Parliament has approved a major overhaul of Australia's environmental laws which green groups have lamented as a backward step for the country's natural habitat.
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Apple may be cool but it comes last on green list - Environment Australia
Apple Computer may be cool and hip with consumers, but it is anything but a trend-setter when it comes to good environmental policies, Greenpeace says.
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San Diego to ban Wal-Mart Supercenters - Environment Australia
The City Council here voted late Tuesday to ban certain giant retail stores, dealing a blow to Wal-Mart Stores Inc's potential to expand in the nation's eighth-largest city.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Jimmy Carter: Israeli 'domination' over Palestinians is 'atrocious' - Environment Australia
Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter called Israeli "domination" over Palestinians "atrocious" during an interview Monday on ABC's Good Morning America.
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Growth of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerating - CSIRO
Global emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide have more than doubled since 1990 and the rate of increase is accelerating, according to new information gathered and analyzed by the Australian government research service.
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'I can't go to Iraq. I can't kill those children' - Suicide soldier's dying words to his mother
While his peers from St Augustine's Catholic school were this month contemplating university careers or first jobs, Jason Chelsea was preoccupied with a different future: his first tour of duty in Iraq.
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Wind industry sniffs new direction
The Australian wind energy lobby group believes there are progressive attitudes towards the renewable energy on the Australian scene
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Green groups tackling climate change in Victoria election.
Environment groups have weighed into Victoria's election campaign, calling on political parties to back a seven-point plan to tackle climate change.
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Australia lagging behind in solar uptakePositive action in Germany has seen the industry boom with more than 30,000 jobs, while Australia is stagnant.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
UN turns up heat on Australia - Environment AustraliaTHE head of the United Nations environment body has defended the Kyoto Protocol from attack by the Australian Government, and called on politicians to stop making decisions about climate change "based on narrow national self-interest".Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Wild Jatropha Stirs Hope of Biodiesel Bounty in IndiaThe glow from burning jatropha seed torches has often saved Maruti Chindu from treading on snakes, but now he carefully nurtures them for a use that he never imagined before -- running cars and trucks.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Rivers in crisis yet crops off hit list - Environment AustraliaTHE Murray-Darling river system could run out of water within six months, the Federal Government has warned.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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