Pesticides

Fridays for Future Europe Calls for Transforming Agricultural Policy to Tackle the Climate Crisis
A Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farmer works on his field in Ghent, Belgium on May 21, 2020.
'Silent Spring Is Already Here': Global Study Shows Nearly 25% Drop in Insect Population Over 30 Years
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A red admiral butterfly stands on a flower in an urban garden in the city center on August 9, 2018 in Berlin.
"We keep getting clear signs that the way we live and the actions we take are having severe consequences."
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'Unprecedented Threat' for East Africa as Larger Second Wave of Locust Crisis Arrives Amid Pandemic
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Locust nymphs aggregated on the ground at a hatch site near Isiolo town in eastern Kenya on Feb. 25, 2020
As the coronavirus outbreak delays efforts to eradicate the pests, experts warn...
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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...
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Locusts swarm from ground vegetation
'A Scourge of Biblical Proportions': UN Leaders Sound Alarm on East Africa Locust Crisis in Call for Global Response
Brad Rose looks at rows of soybean plants that show signs of having been affected by Dicamba use on Aug 9, 2017
'Victory for Farmers' as Jury Awards Grower $265 Million in Damages From Drift of Monsanto's Dicamba
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

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Emergency Legal Motion Seeks Contempt for EPA Administrator Wheeler for Defying Court Ruling Barring Farmers from Spraying Dicamba Pesticide
Friends of the Earth
Global Insect Collapse Driven By Industrial Farming, Says New 'Insect Atlas'...
Center for Food Safety
Joint Statement from National Family Farm Coalition, Center for Food Safety, Center for Biological Diversity, and Pesticide Action Network North America, Petitioners in National Family Farm Coalition v EPA & Monsanto
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
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