ETC Group
News Release
3 May 2007
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REVOKED!! Monsanto Monopoly Nixed in Munich
but little joy in foiling soy ploy at this late date
Munich - The European Patent Office today put the brakes on
Monsanto's over-the-top corporate greed by revoking its species-wide
patent on all
See:
http://snipurl.com/oxks
[Biofuel] More about Bhopal
Dow shareholders question Bhopal memo
Amnesty International has called for a Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) investigation of Dow Chemical Co. after the
disclosure of an internal company memo exposing Dow's effort to
2500 lbs seems a bit heavy. My old pickup truck only weighs in at 2,600
lbs, empty. With fiberglass and carbon fiber, it should be possible to
make one that's closer to 1,500lbs or less including engine, everything.
Wonder if it might be less weight to do a series electric drive system and
get
One of my friends is working with a rapeseed variety that can grow in the
plains of eastern colorado without irrigation -- many of the farmers out
there own more land than they can grow wheat on with the limited acquifer
draws they are allowed. So, why not grow rapeseed on the rest of it
http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/tncs/2004/0505venezuela.htm
Venezuela: Chavez Dumps Monsanto
By Jason Tockman
Green Left Weekly
May 5, 2004
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias has announced that the
cultivation of genetically modified crops will be prohibited on
Venezuelan soil,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/food_monsanto_dc;_ylt=AvT7Gcl4aYzBnyAW7AhKD2thr7sF
- Yahoo! News
Ban on Monsanto genetically modified alfalfa upheld
By Jim Christie Thu May 3, 5:25 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Citing the potential for genetic
contamination, a U.S. judge on Thursday let stand a
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Millions Of Chickens Fed Tainted Pet Food
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/01/AR2007050102071.html
Risk to Consumers Minimal, FDA Says
By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff
what about the new(ish) continuous drive transmission toyota is using? i'm not
entirely sure five big magnet and/or coil sets would be any less weight than a
single front drive transmission. there would have to be some colossal energy
density to get small enough motors tough enough move a car
