TAG: legislation

Fracking, Fracking and More Fracking

Stefanie Spear, Guest Waking Times It’s virtually impossible these days to read, listen to or watch a news program that doesn’t mention hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Nearly every day, EcoWatch posts at least one article on fracking and last week was no different. Big news last week was the announcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that

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A New Amendment to the Farm Bill May Allow Industrial Hemp Research

Waking Times The new Bipartisan Polis-Massie-Blumenauer Amendment would permit America’s colleges and universities to conduct important agricultural research in states that support industrial hemp farming Many supporters of the medical marijuana and industrial hemp movements would agree that the antiquated and ineffective war on drugs is preventing us from growing a plant that aides in managing physical and

North Carolina Law Would Make It Illegal to Expose Monsanto

Will Potter, Green Is The New Red Waking Times Two million people in 52 countriesmarched against Monsanto last week in protest of genetically-modified food and in support of consumer choice. There’s international pressure on this GMO giant like never before. But proposed legislation in North Carolina would make it illegal for whistleblowers to expose how Monsanto

War on Health – The FDA’s Cult of Tyranny

Waking Times In War on Health – The FDA’s Cult of Tyranny, film producer and health activist Gary Null exposes the FDA as an organization that is merely a tool of big business and an agency that is actively attempting to destroy public.  With plans to prevent the American population from having unregulated access to vitamins,

Food Sovereignty Activism Pays!

Cathy L, ZenGardner Waking Times The “Feel Good” Ordinance? You Bet It Is! Food Freedom, Free Choice, Private Contract, Food Sovereignty, Local Foods – call it what you will but something big is growing in Maine! In 2011 five Maine towns passed the Local Food and Community Self-Governance Ordinance and two more passed Local Food

Brazil Introduces Legislation To Protect Public Health From Processed Foods

Prevent Disease The Brazilian government has introduced legislation to protect and improve its traditional food system, standing in contrast to the governments of many industrialized countries that have partly surrendered their prime duty to protect public health to transnational food companies, argue nutrition and public health experts writing in this week’s PLoS Medicine. Carlos Monteiro and

Conneticut House Approves Medical Marijuana Bill

With a nearly two-to-one approval ratio, Connecticut House Bill 5389, which would legalize at the state level small amounts of medical marijuana for patients in need, has been passed by the Connecticut State House of Representatives. And if passed by the State Senate, Governor Dannel Malloy has indicated he will sign H.B. 5389 into law, which would make Connecticut the 17th U.S. state to legalize medical marijuana.


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