UK Bio-technology Newswire Archive
GM Crop Trial Turned Down
29-04-2002 17:06
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are claiming victory after Bedfordshire County Council turned down plans to grow GM crops.
GM Action-Pink Castle in Dorset update
26-04-2002 20:31
The Prettiest GM Action continues in Dorset!GM Activists storm Stage at Bayer AGM in Cologne
26-04-2002 15:47
Activists storm stage at Bayer AG's AGM to protest over the companies GM crop interestsPink Castles in Dorest GM test site
25-04-2002 15:29
Occupation set to disrupt plans to plant.
Canada loses face during UN Biodiversity summit
19-04-2002 09:32
Indigenous peoples and their supporters protested against Canada's behaviour during the UN Biodiversity Summit COP6Biodiversity Activists Target Patent Office
09-04-2002 12:54
Activists have climbed on and samba'd in the European Patent Office near The Hague.Munlochy GM vigil in Scottish Parliament
26-03-2002 19:29
On Wednesday 27 March the Munlochy GM vigil petition, calling for an end to GM trials, will be presented in the Scottish Parliament.Farmers from four continents meet to stop GM crops
18-03-2002 12:24
New GM trials announced
14-03-2002 19:05
The Government today announced the location of the latest round of GM maize sites in England. Friends of the Earth warned that the sites will pose a pollution threat to neighbouring conventional and organic crops. There are 35 sites in England, but none in Wales. The Scottish Executive will make an announcement on any Scottish trials later today. List of sites at url.Movement Against Genetic Engineering Passes a Milestone
11-03-2002 17:33
This is a general overview of the town to town campaign against genetic engineering. It focuses on the campaign's goals, the vestigial direct democracy of town meeting, obstacles to fully realizing direct democracy, and campaign strategy.Why Organize A Town Meeting Campaign On Genetic Engineering?
11-03-2002 16:53
This piece explores the exciting prospects of using a town meeting campaign to realize the directly democratic potential of the town meeting. The piece is immediately relevant to activists in Vermont who are currently working on such a campaign against genetic engineering, but it may also be useful to people in other parts of New England who have town meetings and people all over the world who have no town meeting in their community.
Biotechnology Newswire 21/02/02
21-02-2002 21:58
The past two weeks have seen a furry of activity in the biotechnology world. While the corporate press has been focusing on the first cloning of Cat, a far more disturbing story is coming from Canada- genetically engineered pigs found their way from a lab into the food supply. While pontiffs speculate what cloned cats might mean for companies like Transgenicpets.com, there has been movement by more than 9 countries to stop biopiracy. Meanwhile, activists have called for a week of action- Resistance is Fertial- in Den Haag in early April.Rogue GM plant warning
05-02-2002 14:38
GM crops in Canada are in danger of creating nuisance weeds, says a UK conservation body. New research shows that herbicide-resistant oilseed rape crops are cross-breeding at the edge of fields. Genes from GM crops can accumulate in weeds.UK GM site locations
04-02-2002 13:49
Last week the Government announced the locations of it's latest round of genetically modified(GM) crop Farm Scale Trials (FSTs)