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Presidential Candidate Perry Championed Pesticides, Torpedoed Regs as Texas Ag Chief
08/23/2011By JEREMY P. JACOBS of Greenwire As the harvest season approached in 1995, Texas cotton farmers had a boll weevil problem….
Read MoreWalmart, Target, Hanes, Macy’s Linked to Jordan “Rape Factory”
08/23/2011by Jasmin Malik Chua Some of the biggest names in American retail have been linked to a Jordanian garment factory that…
Read MoreWorld Bank: Global food reserves in “danger zone” as prices rise by a third
08/23/2011Report warns increased volatility linked to oil prices and declining stocks are putting millions at risk of famine By BusinessGreen staff…
Read MoreNever Mind a Tiger in Your Tank: How About An Alligator?
08/23/2011By MATTHEW L. WALD Researchers at the Lafayette campus of the University of Louisiana are looking for green substitutes for diesel…
Read MoreWalmart Donates $500,000 Towards Urban Wildlife Protection
08/23/2011By Akhila Vijayaraghavan Urban wildlife conservation is a growing branch of conservation ecology with good reason. Due to increase in human…
Read MoreMarks & Spencer is First Major Retailer to Commit to Full Traceability of Clothing, Home Goods
08/23/2011by Jasmin Malik Chua Marks & Spencer is the first major retailer to commit to full traceability of all non-food products,…
Read MoreNike says ‘just do it’ to detoxed supply chain
08/23/2011Nike is to launch an action plan to eliminate hazardous chemicals from its supply chain after a Greenpeace campaign accused the…
Read MoreMonsanto’s dirty secret: Roundup creating super weeds, more expensive food – Mother Nature Network
08/23/2011A study has found that Monsanto’s top pesticide is creating Roundup-resistant super-weeds and making our food more expensive. File this one…
Read MoreTwo Oklahoma Indian Tribes Contest State for Water Rights
08/23/2011The Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian tribes in Oklahoma have filed a federal lawsuit to protect water rights they say derived from…
Read MoreAn Index for Ocean Health
08/23/2011By DYLAN WALSH What has been billed as the “Dow Jones of ocean health” is six months from release, and Ben…
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