Good News
Today marks a significant victory for the Filipino farmers and people, as well as advocates of food sovereignty worldwide as we prevail in the environmental court battle against Golden Rice and Bt Eggplant. This decision underscores the triumph of farmers and the people in asserting their constitutional right to health and a healthy and balanced ecology against the introduction of unwanted, unnecessary Genetically Modified crops.
Golden Rice and Bt Eggplant, touted as a solutions to Vitamin A Deficiency and pest infestation, faced staunch opposition from small farmers, consumes, childrens rights, scientists, and sectoral groups who have long advocated for healthy, sustainable, community-driven farming methods through farmer-led agroecology. The Court of Appeals ruling acknowledges the inherent risks associated with genetically modified crops and reaffirms the importance of conserving and protecting biodiversity and the health of the people.
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Read MoreAll commercial propagation of golden rice and Bt eggplant must be stopped until they are proven safe
There’s welcome news from the Philippines relating to the court case on GM golden rice and Bt brinjal (eggplant). The Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the applicants – farmer/scientist group MASIPAG and others – and against the Philippine Government’s actions that granted permits for the commercial propagation of Bt brinjal and golden rice.
The respondents (the Philippines Government) can appeal against this decision, but it is a significant victory for farmers, the environment, and people’s health. The judges’ decision to uphold the precautionary principle and to insist on proper risk assessment procedures to be in place and to be carried out gives a clear signal against any deregulation measures.
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Read MoreAssertions are made claiming that weather extremes are increasing in frequency and severity, spurred on by humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Based on such assertions, governments are enacting ever more restrictive regulations on Canadian consumers of energy products, and especially Canada’s energy sector. These regulations impose significant costs on the Canadian economy, and can exert downward pressure on Canadian’s standard of living.
According to the UN IPCC, evidence does suggest that some types of extreme weather have become more extreme, particularly those relating to temperature trends.
However, many types
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Read MoreRoughly 3,000 light years away is a binary star system in the constellation Corona Borealis. As its name suggests, a binary star system consists of two stars. In this case, one is a large red giant star, and the other is a small, but incredibly dense white dwarf.
As they orbit each other, the red giant’s material gets sloughed off and falls into the white dwarf where it accumulates and heats up. The white dwarf then experiences a thermonuclear explosion — a nova — brightening to a point where we can see it with the unaided eye on Earth.
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Read MoreResidents of Nottingham have hailed the unveiling of the country’s largest St George’s Flag, as England prepares to celebrate the day of its patron saint.
The 60ft-long flag was installed on the front of the city’s council house, as locals boasted about the display.
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Read More‘I had no choice but to pray, because I don’t think I could have kept working on this material,’ Naomi Wolf told Carlson about her research on COVID shots, blasting the jabs as ‘systematic crimes against humanity.’
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Read MoreThe world population has hit 8 billion people. If you listen to the media, you might think the apocalypse is just around the corner. Marian Tupy, co-author of Superabundance, says more humans on planet Earth is a good thing. Marian and PragerU CEO Marissa Streit discuss the benefits of a growing population. Find out why more people equals more ideas, more innovation, and a better world.
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Read MoreThe torch for the Paris 2024 Olympics was lit in ancient Olympia during a traditional ceremony, marking the final stretch of the seven-year preparations for the Games’ start on July 26.
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Read MoreThe Alberta government has developed a new funding model for family and rural generalist doctors that encourages them to stay in primary care.
While the government is finalizing the details, it has agreed to a model that recognizes the unique work of family and rural generalist doctors.
“It will be a new physician compensation model for family medicine and rural generalist physicians who are enumerated now through a fee for service or other alternative physician compensation model,” said Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange at a Wednesday press conference.
“The new model will support family medicine and rural generalist
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Read MoreA man who set a downtown Regina church on fire has been sentenced to a little more than a year in jail, CJME radio has reported.
Jordan Willet, 31, was sentenced on April 9 to 378 days for intentionally or recklessly causing damage by fire or explosion to property, as well as failing to comply with a probation order.
Willet pleaded guilty to both charges.
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