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[Washington, DC] In a decision broadly affecting field trials of genetically engineered crops a federal district judge ruled yesterday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must halt approval of all new field trials until more rigorous environmental reviews are conducted. Citing potential threats to the environment, Judge Harold Kennedy found in favor of the…

[Washington, DC] In a decision broadly affecting field trials of genetically engineered crops a federal district judge ruled yesterday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must halt approval of all new field trials until more rigorous environmental reviews are conducted. Citing potential threats to the environment, Judge Harold Kennedy found in favor of the…

COOL CITIES PRESS CONFERENCE Public came to cheer for Blacksburg! Wednesday, January 24th – 11AM YMCA Thrift Store – 1000 North Main Street ALTERNATIVE FUEL RALLY Wednesday, Jan 24th – 10:30 AM Started @ Old Annie Kays, rode to YMCA Washington and Main Street The Public was invited to a press conference to celebrate Blacksburg’s…

This time in England At 9.24am everything was OK; at 9.25am it wasn’t. A slurry dam had burst and it just came through the village. “I should think it was at least 18in to 2ft of mud which really badly affected some properties, including our own, with mud on the carpets.” Heather Waugh, landlady of…

At the close of 2006, the warmest year in China since 1951, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the China Meteorological Administration, and the Chinese Academy of Science released the country’s first-ever National Assessment Report on Climate Change. The assessment, begun four years ago and written in collaboration with nine other government departments, including the…

This group of guitar makers has come together in an effort to preserve the threatened Alaskan forests that provide the timber for a crucial part of their instruments. At the current rates of cutting, they say, the Sitka spruce, in particular the older trees which are vital to the sound and performance of their guitars,…

The Community Forestry Resource Center has a new set of online tools for forest landowners and resource managers that are considering the use of pesticides in their forest management planning. The page includes: a step-by-step guide to planning for pesticide use; a flowchart for a visual decision-making process; a timeline of events and documents related…

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities, Inc. is a newly organized not-for-profit corporation established at the request of the governments of the United States and Canada in accordance with the terms of the Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) between the two countries. The Endowment is one of three entities designated to share in a one-time…

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