Inghams has told McDonalds in New Zealand that the next shipments of soy to feed their chickens will NOT be genetically engineered (GE). However, in an appalling double standard, Inghams has made no commitment in Australia to feed its chickens GE-free soy.
The US Attorney General has begun prosecuting Greenpeace US for peacefully protesting against an illegal shipment of endangered timber from the Amazon.
Chemical giant Monsanto has deserted its plans to introduce genetically engineered (GE) canola into Australia. This is a huge win for the environment, consumers and farmers.
The Howard government is keen to portray its pre-election budget as a budget for the future. But it has completely failed to address the future of the global environment.
The world’s deep oceans contain mountains, called seamounts, covered with underwater “forests” rich in diversity. Unfortunately, the commercial fishing industry has learned about these rich pickings. It has developed boats and scaled up trawl gear to exploit these previously untapped regions using a highly destructive technique called bottom trawling. Now is an excellent time to take action to stop bottom trawling, in the leadup to a key UN meeting in June.
Whether it's through drought, bushfires, coral bleaching, floods or heat waves, climate change is effecting our lives and economy in such a way that it can no longer be ignored.
