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Urgent: Pass the extended Bottle Bill in Massachusetts

lundi 10 mars 2014 à 13:00

Citizens of Massachusetts: call on your state legislators to pass the extended Bottle Bill.

Urgent: Ban keeping orcas in captivity in California

lundi 10 mars 2014 à 13:00

California citizens: support the proposed ban on keeping orcas in captivity.

Ban GMO foods, or require labeling?

dimanche 9 mars 2014 à 13:00

Ban GMO foods, or require labeling? It turns out that the effect is almost the same.

I am not necessarily opposed to all GMOs foods, but each one requires careful testing and we can't trust a company to test its own product honestly. Meanwhile, for the sake of farmers' rights, we cannot allow the genes be patented.

We also cannot allow a GMO which is likely to contaminate other farms with the artificial genes. The likelihood of such contamination depends on the species of plant.

US media led public to believe Keystone XL would mean lots of jobs

dimanche 9 mars 2014 à 13:00

US media have led the public to believe the Keystone XL pipeline would mean lots of jobs.

Ignoring the protests against the pipeline has surely helped mislead.

Even a million jobs wouldn't justify the damage that the pipeline will do in the long term. We could create a million jobs installing renewable energy systems.

The US 2014 trade agenda

dimanche 9 mars 2014 à 13:00

The US 2014 trade agenda aims to distract attention from the harm done by existing free exploitation treaties by pretending new ones will do some sort of good.