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26 May 2015, 8:57 am
<> Study Shows Neonicotinoid Pesticide Has Devastating Effect on Termites Due to Eusocial Behavior, Similar to Bees - (Beyond Pesticides, May 26, 2015) A study led by Purdue University Entomology Professor Michael Scharf, Ph.D. finds that small doses of imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid pesticide, can halt the normal functioning of termite behavior, leaving colonies vulnerable to disease and eventual … [read post]
11 May 2015, 8:59 am
GM Sustainability Report <> Toxic Chemicals and Oil Byproducts Found In Treated Irrigation Water - (Beyond Pesticides, May 11, 2015) Oil giant Chevron has been helping farmers in Kern County, CA find a solution to raising crops during the ongoing drought — but it may cause long-term health effects. [read post]
8 May 2015, 8:59 am
<> Groups Urge Investigation of USDA Censorship of Its Scientists - (Beyond Pesticides, May 8, 2015) A diverse group of environmentalists, beekeepers, farm workers, and advocates, along with Beyond Pesticides, sent a letter to the U.S. [read post]
4 May 2015, 9:00 am
<> Groups Urge Michelle Obama to Publicly Commit to Pollinator Health - (Beyond Pesticides, May 4, 2015) Beekeepers, farmworkers, environmental and consumer groups last week sent a letter, signed by over 200,000 Americans, urging Michelle Obama to publicly commit to ensuring the the White House gardens and grounds are free of dangerous neonicotinoid pesticides U.S. [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 3:52 pm
Or, perhaps better put, they appear threaten the enterprise of legal power hierarchies and in that way diminish states in their ability to project their national political orders beyond or through their borders.The conflicts and contradictions attendant on the construction of legal regimes of global trade (grounded in emerging consensus norms among states and other actors participating therein) ) atop (or beside or beyond) the traditional architecture of law (and its… [read post]
8 Apr 2015, 8:56 am
<> Groups Challenge Major USDA Change to Organic Rule - (Beyond Pesticides, April 8, 2015) Organic stakeholders have filed a lawsuit in federal court, maintaining that the U.S. [read post]
3 Apr 2015, 8:59 am
National / International News <> FACT SHEET: Administration Announces Actions To Drive Growth In Solar Energy And Train Workers For Clean-Energy Jobs - The President is announcing: Training 75,000 Solar Workers; the Solar Ready Vets Program; Utilizing the GI Bill for Solar Workforce Training; & measures Educating Veterans and Service Members about Opportunities to Gain Solar Workforce Training … [read post]
31 Mar 2015, 8:54 am
<> EPA Takes Action to Protect the Public from an Unregistered Pesticide - U.S. [read post]
23 Mar 2015, 9:03 am
EPA <> Glyphosate Classified Carcinogenic by International Cancer Agency, Group Calls on U.S. to End Herbicide's Use and Advance Alternatives - A national public health and environmental group, Beyond Pesticides, is calling on the U.S. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 8:57 am
Governor Proposes Buffer Initiative to Protect, Improve Water Quality <> Final Suit Routing Genetically Engineered Crops and Related Practices from Refuges - (Beyond Pesticides, March 19, 2015) A federal court ruled Monday against the use of neonicotinoid insecticides linked with destruction of bee colonies and other beneficial insects in national wildlife refuges in the Midwest region. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 5:00 am
Nicholson PriceFor the Innovation Law Beyond IP 2 conference, March 28-29 at Yale Law SchoolMany inventors who wish to protect their inventions from imitators are faced with a choice: do they rely on trade secrecy or patents? [read post]
18 Mar 2015, 8:51 am
<> Members of Congress Call for Listing Monarch Butterfly as Threatened - (Beyond Pesticides March 18, 2015) Fifty-two members of Congress penned a letter to the White House calling for the protection of the Monarch butterfly, which has declined by 90 percent in the last 20 years, and for listing as a 'threatened' species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). [read post]
17 Mar 2015, 8:52 am
<> Study Shows the Benefits of Pesticide-free Pollinator Habitat - (Beyond Pesticides, March 17, 2015) Foraging bumblebees would prefer to dodge traffic rather than pesticides and other agricultural chemicals <> Half a Million Americans Call on the EPA to Strengthen Smog Pollution Protections - During the EPA comment period on the smog standard which ends today, the Sierra… [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 9:01 am
<> Appeals Court to Hear Case on EPA's Registration of Bee-Toxic Chemical - (Beyond Pesticides, March 4, 2015) The 9th U.S. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 7:57 am
., in the Senate to encourage the Bureau of Land Management to consider new, more humane methods of wild horse population management, including $1 million for a related study, so that the agency can move beyond its current inhumane and costly system of round-ups and long-term penning.It also contains language prohibiting the destruction of healthy wild horses and burros for human consumption. [read post]
19 Jan 2015, 12:22 pm
The original purpose of the pesticide exemption for farmers was to exempt farmers from RCRA liability for disposal of FDA-approved pesticides.[6] It is critical, however, that farmers dispose of pesticides properly for the exemption to apply. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 4:34 pm
., in the Senate to encourage the Bureau of Land Management to consider new, more humane methods of wild horse population management, including $1 million for a related study, so that the agency can move beyond its current inhumane and costly system of round-ups and long-term penning. [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 1:16 pm
Wild Horses: The FY15 omnibus includes language to encourage the Bureau of Land Management to consider new, more humane methods of wild horse population management, including $1 million for a related study, so that the agency can move beyond its current inhumane and costly system of round-ups and long-term penning. [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 1:16 pm
Wild Horses: The FY15 omnibus includes language to encourage the Bureau of Land Management to consider new, more humane methods of wild horse population management, including $1 million for a related study, so that the agency can move beyond its current inhumane and costly system of round-ups and long-term penning. [read post]
23 Oct 2014, 9:05 am
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of Beyond Pesticides, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety, Environmental Working Group, the National Family Farm Coalition, and Pesticide Action Network North America. [read post]
