UPDATE ON BAYER’S “MOVENTO” AND BEES. ILLEGAL TO SELL IN THE U.S. WHAT IS STATUS IN CANADA? On Dec 30, 2009 we circulated the U.S. story “Big Win for Bees: Judge Pulls Pesticide”. I then sent an email to the Canadian Government to find out the status of Bayer’s chemical “Movento” (spirotetramat) in Canada. The […]
Movento (Bayer ag chemical threat to bees). Food production dependent on pollinators. See the appended press release. Congratulations to the Natural Resources Defense Council in the U.S.! It is insanity to be putting more chemicals that kill bees into the environment when we know the vast amounts of our food crops that cannot be produced […]
from Dec. 24th R-Town News: The University Needs Some Soul-Searching about Sustainability By Jim Harding Can we learn about the challenge sustainability presents our universities, from the roles professors play in public policy? On November 26th Uranium Development Partnership (UDP) member, physics Professor Mathie lectured as if he was presenting “the basic science going on […]
A quick note before the press release on nuclear green light in Alberta. Many thanks to our neighbours and friends in C.A.U.S.E. for the alert. INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATOCRACY My next email works on the definition and characteristics of corporatocracy, a word not found in standard dictionaries. Discussion is hampered for parts of reality that have […]
IN THE PROVINCIAL COURT FOR SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL CENTRE OF SASKATOON HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN RESPONDENT – and – SANDRA FINLEY APPLICANT WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT SANDRA FINLEY (Charter s. 8) I. OVERVIEW 1. This case is about whether the criminalization of a refusal to answer census questions is constitutional. Sandra Finley wants […]
There is good information in this posting if you have time to scroll through. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is holding public meetings on very short notice. Please help get people to the meetings. See items #2 and #3. Thanks! UPDATE, thanks to Herman: Expert panel recommends new isotope reactor http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/12/03/medical-isotopes-reactor003.html Good grief! We […]
COURT AWARD: BAYER TO PAY TWO AMERICAN RICE FARMERS $1 MILLION EACH FOR LOSSES ARISING OUT BAYER’S GM RICE. MORE TO COME? “In December 2009 Bayer was sentenced to pay about $2 million for losses sustained by two US farmers. The verdict of the federal court in St. Louis is seen as a test run […]
(1) NOVEMBER 30TH DECISION BY EXPERT REVIEW PANEL IS ABOUT GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR THE NUCLEAR/URANIUM INDUSTRY. IT IS NOT ABOUT “MEDICAL ISOTOPES”. The decision from the Expert Review Panel (scheduled for Monday November 30, 2009) to determine who will receive our tax dollars is understood IN CONTEXT. It is not about radioactive isotope production for […]
CHRONOLOGY (CONTEXT) FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW MORE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO THE NUCLEAR/URANIUM INDUSTRY. THE UNIVERSITY IS THE MIDDLE MAN. The following chronology is an aid to understanding the November 30th decision of the “Expert Review Panel”. It creates CONTEXT. It is just a sampling of evidence from the public record. Some […]
This email is about infectious disease (H1N1 example) and the pharmaceutical corporations. You can interchange the phrases: – “pharmaceutical corporations” – “nuclear/uranium corporations” – “the oil and gas corporations”, – “the arms manufacturers” (Lockheed Martin example at Dalhousie University) etc. They are all “on-campus”. The lessons are the same, regardless of the industry. This one […]