"A Predator Fish In California Has Lost Its White House Support"
"A still-controversial 1992 law intended to boost California’s striped-bass population can be scaled back, the Obama administration now believes."
Source: McClatchy, 04/21/2016
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Things related to the web of life; ecology; wildlife; endangered species
Scientist Says USDA Used Press Office To Silence Him
Scientist Jonathan Lundgren (left), who has been researching the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on Monarch butterflies, filed a whistleblower complaint and lost. And, Lundgren claimed his supervisors at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service told him not to talk to news media and punished him when he did.
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"Food Industry Looks To Congress As GMO Labeling Law Nears"
"The food industry is pressuring Congress to act before the state of Vermont requires food labels for genetically modified ingredients."
Source: AP, 02/05/2016
"Scientists Get 'Gene Editing' Go-Ahead"
"UK scientists have been given the go-ahead by the fertility regulator to genetically modify human embryos."
Source: BBC News, 02/02/2016
"North Shore: A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast"
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"Gene Drives Offer New Hope Against Diseases and Crop Pests"
"Biologists in the United States and Europe are developing a revolutionary genetic technique that promises to provide an unprecedented degree of control over insect-borne diseases and crop pests."
Source: NY Times, 12/22/2015
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