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Johannesburg Agriculture Assessment: Monday, April 7
Blogpost by Josh Brandon - April 7, 2008 at 18:37 1 comment

Today, governments, NGOs and scientists began debating some of key ideas to be included in the text of the United Nations Agriculture Assessment. There was considerable progress and agreement, but it will be a few more days until the details of the r... Read more >
Agriculture Asssessment- Johannesburg, part 1
Blogpost by Josh Brandon - April 5, 2008 at 16:31 1 comment

Saturday April 5, 2008
This weekend, representatives of 60 countries, and 30 civil society organizations and dozens of scientific experts convene in Johannesburg to take part in the International Assessment of Agricultural Science for Technology and De... Read more >
The militant wing of Flower Power
Blogpost by Josh Brandon - April 5, 2008 at 3:59

This is the militant wing of Flower Power. That’s what a recent Time magazine retrospective on the fiftieth anniversary of the peace symbol called Greenpeace. At any rate, the Greenpeace volunteer department in Vancouver has resurrected the orginal ... Read more >
As if biofuels would be grown in parking lots
Blogpost by Josh Brandon - April 5, 2008 at 3:30

This week, BC Energy and Mines minister, Richard Neufeld introduced a bill mandating a minimum ethanol requirement of 5%. This was proclaimed as a carbon savings environmental initiative. This is 2008! So many studies have come out showing the catastr... Read more >
AECL Admits Defeat – Time to End Nuclear Subsidies
Blogpost by Shawn Patrick Stensil - April 4, 2008 at 14:56

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) just announced it is withdrawing its Advanced Candu Reactor (ACR) design from pre-licensing reviews in the United Kingdom.
While AECL says it’s done this to focus on the “Canadian domestic marketplace, this is a r... Read more >