The fraud and corruption witnessed in the illegal introduction of Bt cotton in India are now being repeated with GM mustard. Farmers and our biodiversity were sacrificed for Monsanto’s profits.
Corporations are putting our lives and our environment at risk through a growing and improper influence over institutions, whose responsibility should be, instead, protecting people and the planet. The visible consequences have made it imperative to expose their devious tactics and their steadfast and corrupt lobbying, recently revealed in the Poison Papers (a compilation of over
Amidst the determined push by biotech lobbies to impose genetically modified (GM) mustard in India, civil society movements and farmers’ organisations are once again doing battle to oppose this new product of genetic engineering. If approved, this would become India’s first GM food crop, which poses grave health and environmental risks. The release of GM mustard would threaten farmers’
Sam Kass has been close to the Obama family for over a decade, starting as their chef in 2005. His commitment to promoting healthy eating and a more sustainable food system – which causes fewer emissions and less deforestation, therefore contributing to climate change mitigation – has found a perfect fit with the former president’s and especially First Lady
L’assemblea parlamentare europea ha approvato il trattato Ceta tra Unione europea e Canada. Ora la battaglia si sposta sul piano nazionale.
AXA Investment Managers, a France-based investment service provider, has pledged to divest 165 million euros (175 million dollars) of its fixed-income portfolios and 12 million euros (13 million euros) of equities portfolios as a result of its new coal policy. It announced that it won’t invest in companies that derive more than 50 per cent of their
La Monsanto è stata giudicata colpevole di “ecocidio” secondo l’International Monsanto tribunal, un tribunale creato dalla società civile per fare pressione sulla multinazionale chimica.
Seeds of Freedom is the new song of French musician and singer-songwriter of Spanish origin Manu Chao, dedicated to the fight that farmers and peasants are carrying out against agrochemical giant Monsanto, and in support to the International Monstanto Tribunal. On 18 April the Monsanto Tribunal, an international civil society initiative to hold Monsanto accountable for
A minibus driven by female doctors who are fleeing from the Islamic State becomes a mobile clinic for all women living in camps located in the country’s remotest areas.
Monsanto has said yes. After 5 months of negotiations and hesitations, the US company has accepted Bayer’s offer of 66 billion dollars, debt included. So, the value of each share is now 128 dollars, up from Bayer’s previous offer of 127.50 dollars a share. In addition, the German pharmaceutical company has pledged to pay a
