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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (65446)1/11/2003 2:40:25 PM
From: Win Smith  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Couple links:

Environment and Science: Danes Rebuke a 'Skeptic' nytimes.com

The book — a dense review of data on forests, climate change, food supplies, population growth and other issues — has not been a runaway best seller but has been widely cited by conservative groups, commentators and elected officials who oppose strict environmental regulations.


U.S. Threatens to Act Against Europeans Over Modified Foods nytimes.com

The Bush administration's top trade official announced today that he was weighing whether to approach the World Trade Organization with a case against the European Union for its ban on genetically modified food, asserting that the "Luddite" and "immoral" European position was leading to starvation in the developing world.

Well, whatever. I'd no doubt be classified as an "econut" under LindyBill's scheme, but I can't see genetically modified crops as much of an environmental threat compared to agriculture in general. Which, overall, does more environmental damage than anything. Maybe GM crops will improve things via better yields and less need for pesticides and fertilizers. Given that the main problem with agriculture in the developed world has long been overproduction, though, I got my doubts.
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