Chemical Industry Uses Wallet To Block Tighter Regulations

Friday, October 26, 2012 Chemical Industry Uses Wallet To Block Tighter Regulations In an effort to block a ballot measure in California that would require the labeling of genetically modified foods, shape a Senate race in Ohio with potential repercussions for fracking, and influence a host of House contests key to toxic chemical reform -- the chemical industry has been busy wielding its wallet, say environmental advocates. Historic 'Frankenstorm' Looks Increasingly Ominous To U.S. Forecasters BP Spill Trial Delayed Until After Super Bowl And Mardi Gras Major Food Companies Spending Millions To Oppose GMO Labeling Law Rising Ocean Temps Threaten The Ocean Food Chain Why So Many Hurricanes This Year? Blame El Niño BLOG POSTS Stephen Cowell: Reports of Clean Energy's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated Have we forgotten about the dangerous summer heat waves that threatened dozens of states? Or the hurricane that affected the schedule of the Republican Convention? What about the tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and massive droughts we experienced all too recently? Jonathan Marshall: Climate Change and Mideast Insecurity: The Hidden Connection For all the talk of violent threats to American security in Syria and North Africa, neither candidate has connected them to a powerful contributing cause: climate change. Kumi Naidoo: Africa's False Dilemma Ecological and economic welfare are two sides of the same coin and having to choose between developing economies and societies on one hand, and protecting the environment on the other, is a false dilemma. David Katz, M.D.: Are We Out of Time? We are hard wired to notice minutes, hours, days, and to some extent, weeks and months. Years are already a bit blurry, and decades were mostly beyond the limits of consideration for most of human history. And our reaction to perils in the modern world remains bounded by this biology -- if we let it. Peter Cannavo: The Real Frankenstorm With at least 30 million viewers tuned in to each debate, there was an opportunity for serious discussion of this crisis, or at least a chance for the candidates to argue their differences. Yet, not a word by a candidate, not a single question from a moderator or the town hall audience. Why?

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