Archive for November, 2006

Enviro fog calculus

By Angela Logomasini
The Washington Times
November 10, 2006

A new report by the World Wildlife Fund says if current trends continue, the Earth will be too small to sustain humanity. “Pressures on the Earth’s natural systems are both predictable and dire,” says the Living Planet Report 2006. But if current trends continue, such environmentalist predictions will [...]

As millions starve, alarmists block famine solutions

By Jay Ambrose
November 27, 2006
Daily Southtown

As some of us in this blessed land of ours wonder in the aftermath of Thanksgiving whether we overdid the calories, we might consider that millions in the Third World go to bed [...]

UN agencies come together to support NEPAD

This press release reports that several United Nations (UN) agencies have teamed up with the New Partnership for African Development (Nepad) to fight poverty in Africa. Nepad has been very keen in seeking solutions to Africa’s poverty, and has identified science and technology as one of the most effective tools to achieve its goals. Recently, [...]

Engage in a Constructive Debate About Genetically Modified Crops

Richard Heinberg, famous for his rantings against Big Oil, in October delivered a lecture at the E. F. Schumacher Society in Stockbridge, Massachusetts on October 28, 2006.
The abbreviated text of the lecture entitled “Fifty Million Farmers,” is available in the November 17, 2006 online edition of Energy Bulletin.
In the lecture, Mr. Heinberg forecasted that [...]

Tony Blair on Genetically Modified Food Debate

This week, I want to idolize British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, because of remarks he made last week on genetically modified foods.
Addressing a group of scientists last week, Mr. Blair suggested that opponents of genetically modified foods aren’t “rational” when debating this issue.
“Government must show leadership and courage in standing up for science and rejecting [...]

Agricultural Biotechnology: Overregulated and Underappreciated

By Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko
Issues in Science and Technology
Monday, November 13, 2006
The pursuit of an integrated action plan, including regulatory reform, will help the United States and the world reap enormous benefits that now are thwarted.
The application of recombinant DNA technology, or gene splicing, to agriculture and food production, once highly touted as [...]

An Ethiopian Scientist’s Take on Genetically Modified Crops

Two news headlines caught my attention last week. One, by the Associated Press (AP) read, “U.S. Sends Relief Supplies to Ethiopia.”
This headline referred to the ongoing campaign by the U.S. military to airlift relief food to flood -stricken residents of Eastern Ethiopia. I am imagining that this food aid is in the form of soy [...]

Africa’s ‘lost’ crops vital in climate change war

By CALESTOUS JUMA
Daily Nation
November 5, 2006
Climate change will have dramatic impacts on the world economy similar to those associated with great wars, according to a new report released in London.
The report, prepared by Sir Nicholas Stern, a world leading economist and former chief economist at the World Bank, has dire predictions for Africa. .
For [...]

PM attacks ‘irrational arguments’ on GM food

By JAMES KIRKUP - POLITICAL EDITOR
Scotsman.com
TONY Blair yesterday risked infuriating opponents of genetically modified food - who include Prince Charles - by suggesting that their arguments are not “rational.”
The Prime Minister was making a keynote speech on science, in which he called for Britain to discuss technological innovations in a more “scientifically literate” fashion.

“Government must [...]

PM attacks ‘irrational arguments’ on GM food

By JAMES KIRKUP - POLITICAL EDITOR
Scotsman.com
TONY Blair yesterday risked infuriating opponents of genetically modified food - who include Prince Charles - by suggesting that their arguments are not “rational.”
The Prime Minister was making a keynote speech on science, in which he called for Britain to discuss technological innovations in a more “scientifically literate” fashion.

“Government must [...]