THE EUROPEAN Commission has published its vision of what a resource efficient Europe will look like: more environmental reporting and fewer resource-intensive products. In a world with growing pressures on resources and the environment, the Commission called for the creation of better market conditions for products and [...]
THE RISING costs of energy and raw materials now concerns businesses more than consumer spending and behaviour. According to preliminary results from PricewaterhouseCoopers global annual survey of almost 800 CEOs, 53% said energy and raw material costs are a major threat to their growth prospects [...]
THE WORLD is consuming 50% more natural resources than the planet can produce. This is putting huge pressure on biodiversity and left us in a danger zone. The Living Planet Report 2012, published by WWF, also shows that it is taking 1.5 [...]
Cutting The Crop
By Emiliana Silvestri on August 5, 2010
Published in: Comment, News Analysis and tagged biodiversity, Caroline Spellman, DEFRA, Frankenfood, genetically modified food, GM.
In her first interview as Environment Secretary,Caroline Spelman, who has a background in biotech lobbying, has indicated the new coalition governments unprecedented pro-GM stance, backing wider selling and growing of so called Frankenfood and bringing this highly contentious issue once more to the fore. In the Guardian interview, the head of DEFRA said she was [...]