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Corn Belt Senators Push Back Against Eliminating Ethanol Subsidies

Monsanto, ADM, ... Contribs to corn belt Senators pushing back against eliminating ethanol subsidies...

(BERKLEY, Calif.) - As Reuters reports, Sen. Dianne Feinstein recently attempted to drastically reduce subsidies for ethanol production.

Feinstein's plan was to amend HR 4853 - the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 to reduce the import tariff on ethanol from $0.45 to $0.36, and the $0.10/gallon tax credit for small ethanol producers to $0.08.

Celebrating Christmas in Bethlehem, Palestine

The people of Palestine also celebrate. They need to, as any other people would need to celebrate.

(BETHLEHEM) - In this time of year, people around the world celebrate. They celebrate the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem Palestine.

They celebrate a birth that was meant to propagate a set of ideals to make the world a better place. 2010 years later, that same birthplace is plagued by a regime that practices the exact opposite of those ideals.

Gaza Under Illegal Attack Again

Israel continually, immorally and illegally, attacks and kills the oppressed Palestinians of Gaza. They are firing again right now.

(GAZA STRIP) - Huge explosions here in Gaza, in the North and South. Ambulances are going to the scenes.

F-16 jets can be clearly heard flying overhead. Imagine the terror of the children in these areas.

Almost 100 Gaza Laborers Shot this Year for Collecting Rocks

These are the stories about Gaza that you rarely if ever hear.

(GAZA) - Since March 2010, 97 people have been shot in Gaza for collecting stones. This is one of the few ways a person can actually make money here at all.

Beit Hanoun, Gaza is a dangerous place to spend time. 22 days before this report was filed, our party was shot at by Israeli soldiers in towers, here, in this same place.

Wikileaks Document Shows EPA Knowingly Allowed Use of Pesticide that Kills Honeybees

The pesticide is already illegal in Germany, Italy & France.

(SAN FRANCISCO / WASHINGTON D.C.) - Beekeepers and environmentalists today called on EPA to remove a pesticide linked to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), citing a leaked EPA memo that discloses a critically flawed scientific support study.

The November 2nd memo identifies a core study underpinning the registration of the insecticide clothianidin as unsound after EPA quietly re-evaluated the pesticide just as it was getting ready to allow a further expansion of its use.

National Cannabis Industry Association Will Launch at the World`s Largest Cannabis Lifestyle Convention

NCIA specifically works with cannabis businesses

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The National Cannabis Industry Association, the first national organization dedicated to advancing the interests of cannabis-related businesses, will formally launch its operations this week in Denver. On December 16th, the leaders of association, hailing from states across the country, will gather for NCIA’s first board meeting and will set the organization’s agenda for the coming year.

“This is an historic time for the cannabis industry and we are excited to have the opportunity to help so many small businesses advance their interests,” said Aaron Smith, NCIA’s executive director.

Monsanto and India Farmer Suicides

Since 1997, more than 200,000 Indian farmers have committed suicide and the numbers continue to rise.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - For generations the farmers of India have sown their seeds, putting aside enough seeds for next year's crop.

The women are usually responsible for safeguarding these seeds. Then along came Monsanto.

IFAD Study: 350 Million Rural People Pull Out of Desperate Poverty in Past Decade

Rural Poverty Report shows mixed results across regions, opportunities for progress in changing agricultural markets

(ROME) - Despite improvements over the past 10 years that have lifted more than 350 million rural people out of extreme poverty, global poverty remains a massive and predominantly rural phenomenon.

70 per cent of the developing world’s 1.4 billion extremely poor people living in rural areas are affected, according to a report released today.

Movie Breaks All Rules Exposing Cancer Origins

New film on the reality of your life and cancer; also catch it in Deutch: Krebs und die Ursachen: Ein Film bricht alle Regeln

(SALEM / PARIS) - I think the new film Idiot Cycle that delivers the goods on the world's top cancer causing culprits, could easily have been titled "The Business of Cancer"- as it so fully divulges the dark and dirty side of companies like Monsanto and Dow.

The whole world is fairly screwed for the long run, and it all has red, white and blue paint.

Busting Willie Nelson for Weed Bolsters Cannabis Movement

You can't keep a good man down, especially when he is supported by tens of millions of average Americans.

(SALEM, Ore.) - If he wasn’t a freedom fighter, a warrior, a martyr before, Willie Nelson certainly is now. Posing absolutely no threat to society, those that arrested Willie Nelson have created the perfect cannabis poster boy- and that’s what people are talking about around kitchen tables and in living rooms all over the world.