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'Unprecedented Threat' for East Africa as Larger Second Wave of Locust Crisis Arrives Amid Pandemic
Locust nymphs aggregated on the ground at a hatch site near Isiolo town in eastern Kenya on Feb. 25, 2020
With Nation Distracted by Public Health and Economic Crises, Trump Moves to Allow GMO Crops in Wildlife Refuges
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Only the Trump administration would aggressively promote the use of crops genetically engineered for pesticide tolerance on wildlife refuges."
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'A Scourge of Biblical Proportions': UN Leaders Sound Alarm on East Africa Locust Crisis in Call for Global Response
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Locusts swarm from ground vegetation
The worst outbreak in decades has devastated crops across a region already...
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'Victory for Farmers' as Jury Awards Grower $265 Million in Damages From Drift of Monsanto's Dicamba
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Brad Rose looks at rows of soybean plants that show signs of having been affected by Dicamba use on Aug 9, 2017
"This verdict is just the tip of the iceberg."
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ground beetle on a plant
Save the Insects, Save Ourselves: Researchers Sound Alarm on Bugpocalypse
monarch nectaring on a showy milkweed
'Because Insects Are Key to Our Own Survival,' 73 Scientists Unveil Global Roadmap to Battle Bugpocalypse
Trump's EPA proposed Thursday increasing the allowable levels of atrazine in waterways.
Putting 'Health of All Species' in Danger, Trump EPA Proposal Guts Restrictions on Toxic Herbicide Linked to Birth Defects
bee on flower
Conservationist Warns 'Unnoticed Apocalypse' of Insects 'Should Set Alarms Ringing'
People cycle as the sun sets on Lake Shinji in Matsue, Shimane prefecture on July 25, 2008.
'Landmark New Research' Links Neonics With Collapse of Fisheries
A French mayor banned the pesticide glysophate from areas near homes in his village and inspired other municipalities to do the same.
After Mayor of Small Village Bans Glyphosate, Dozens of Others Join Rebellion Against French Law
Not Just the Bees, First-of-Its-Kind Study Shows Neonics May Be Killing Birds Too
Protesters hold balloons on January 20, 2018 in Berlin during a demonstration under the slogan "We are fed up" against agricultural politics and the use of glyphosate, dumping exports and for sustainable agriculture.
Because 'A World Without Insects Is Not Worth Living In,' Germany Announces Plan to Ban Glyphosate
Honeybees, essential pollinators, are under threat due to a new Trump administration rule allowing widespread use of a dangerous pesticide.
Groups Sue Trump's EPA in Response to 'Nauseating' Approval of Bee-Killing Pesticide
A protester holds dead bees
Bolsonaro Greenlights New Pesticides Even as Advocates Mourn Half Billion Dead Bees in Brazil
Roundup
Playing Role of Pesticide 'Cheerleader,' EPA Rebukes Calif. With Ban on Warning Labels for Roundup
child eats corn
Health and Labor Groups Sue Trump EPA for Refusal to Ban Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children

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Center for Food Safety
Farmworkers and Conservationists Sue EPA for Re-Approving Monsanto Cancer-Causing Pesticide
Center for Biological Diversity
Trump Administration Proposes Allowing GE Crops on Thousands of Acres of National Wildlife Refuges
Center for Food Safety
Siding With Monsanto, Trump EPA Once Again Greenlights Roundup
Center for Biological Diversity
EPA Proposes to Reapprove Bee-killing Pesticides With Token Restrictions
Center for Biological Diversity
EPA Reapproves Glyphosate, Claims Pesticide Poses No Human Health Threat
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Applauds Kellogg for Pledge to End Pre-Harvest Use of Weedkiller Glyphosate
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