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Making poor people pay more

mercredi 11 février 2015 à 13:00

Poor people in the UK pay triple the usual price.

In the US poor people often have to pay a lot more for food than everyone else does.

Urgent: Oppose DARK Act

mercredi 11 février 2015 à 13:00

US citizens: phone your congresscritters and senators to oppose the DARK Act that would ban states from requiring labeling of GMOs.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.

US media's toleration of lies

mercredi 11 février 2015 à 13:00

The US media won't tolerate Brian Williams's little lies, but what about the big lies that enabled Dubya to invade Iraq?

Herbicide 2,4-D

mercredi 11 février 2015 à 13:00

Earthjustice has sued to block EPA approval of the herbicide 2,4-D for massive use with GMOs.

US gov't to grow milkweed

mercredi 11 février 2015 à 13:00

The US government is going to grow milkweed to help monarch butterflies survive the effects of massive use of Roundup.

The use of pesticides is a form of habitat destruction, which (as usual) threatens a whole ecosystem, many species at once. Normally, protecting on threatened species is done by protecting the habitat, which protects all the species that live there.

This peculiar method of protecting monarch butterflies avoids protecting its habitat and thus avoids protecting the other species threatened by Roundup.