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Earth Day 2013: Land for Food Under Attack Worldwide

As Earth Week 2013 rolls around, a frenzy of land grabbing threatens our food supply, Indigenous land use practices, access to water and the future of farming. In recent years the focus on speculation in food prices caused riots in over 30 countries. However, speculative investment has turned its eye in 2013 from food commodities to farmland itself. Land is now considered a safer bet. ... Read more »

Category: Health, Enviroment, Nature | Views: 542 | Added by: LIBertea | Date: 2013/04/21 | Comments (0)

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Obama accused of nuclear U-turn as guided weapons plan emerges

Plan to spend $10bn on updating nuclear bombs goes against 2010 pledge not to deploy new weapons, say critics


F35 fighter-bomber
Nearly 200 B61 gravity bombs would be given new tail fins that would turn them into guided weapons delivered by stealth F35 fighter-bombers. Photograph: EPA

Barack Obama has been accused of reneging on his disarmament pledges after it emerged t ... Read more »

Category: Politics | Views: 689 | Added by: LIBertea | Date: 2013/04/21 | Comments (2)

How Monsanto Went From Selling Aspirin to Controlling Our Food Supply

Sunday, 21 April 2013 09:28 By Jill Richardson, AlterNet | Report
Category: Health, Enviroment, Nature | Views: 572 | Added by: LIBertea | Date: 2013/04/20 | Comments (0)

Obama Signs Bill Gutting Transparency Provisions in Insider Trading Law

President Obama has signed into law a measure critics say guts key transparency provisions from a law designed to combat insider trading by members of Congress. The new bill repeals a requirement in the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act that high-level federal officials disclose financial information online. But, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, it also removes requirements for the searchable and electronic filing of information related to potential conflicts of interest by the president, vice president, Congress and other officials. On its website OpenSecrets.org, the Center wrote: "Without the provisions, the STOCK act is made toothless. Insider ... Read more »

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