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| 8/2/2004 | |
| The U.S. government, however, has largely ignored the risks and consumer concern over genetically engineered crops. As a result, states and local governments are stepping in to protect public health and the environment. Voters in Mendocino County, California, for example, have banned genetically engineered agriculture and inspired voters in seven other California counties to file initiatives for the 2004 ballot to do the same. The biotechnology industry is sure to devote significant money to fight these initiatives. | |
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| 6/18/2003 | |
| Nearly 40,000 field tests of genetically engineered organisms were authorized by the Department of Agriculture between 1987 and 2002 —more than 10,000 in the past two years alone—despite serious environmental threats and inadequate regulations in place to monitor their impacts, according to this report. 1,709 field tests have been conducted in California, including tomato, corn, melon and rice. | |
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| 5/8/2003 | |
| Sixty-eight federally funded programs that waste $58 billion and damage the environment should be eliminated from the federal budget, according to a report released today by Environment California and other groups. | |
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| 5/16/2002 | |
| It is the Green Watchdog belief that environmental protection and strict fiscal accountability go hand-in-hand. In fact, pollution is most often the result of poor accountability – allowing corporations or individuals to take advantage of “free" public resources to the detriment of our health, pocketbooks, and general well being. Worse yet, when government not only allows environmental degradation to happen, but asks that the public subsidize it through various tax breaks and payments, we get hit twice: once in the pocketbook, and again in our quality of life. | |
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| 5/1/2001 | |
| Twenty environmental, consumer and taxpayer groups have reviewed state spending and formulated the Green Watchdog report to provide a menu of budget cuts and tax loophole closures for policy makers to consider adopting this year, as well as to encourage a longer term rethinking of how the budget impacts the environment. | |
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| 4/22/2003 | |
| The Bush administration, emboldened by the 2002 elections, has intensified its already long list of attacks on environmental and public health protections, according to this report released on Earth Day 2003. | |
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| 4/21/2004 | |
| California's environment faces a long list of challenges because of the Bush administration's environmental policies, according to this new Earth Day report. | |
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| 3/29/2006 | |
| Only 30 out of 167 fish populations off the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington are known to be healthy, and that number has not improved since 2001, according to an analysis of government statistics in a new report released today by the Marine Fish Conservation Network (Network) and Environment California. The Pacific Fishery Management Council is the primary agency responsible for managing fishing activities and ensuring the health of 167 marine fish populations. | |
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| 2/4/2003 | |
| California faces a dire budget shortfall that demands innovative solutions, such as the recommendations presented in this Green Watchdog report. Last year’s multi-billion dollar deficit was resolved only after the longest budget debate in California’s history. California now faces an estimated $26-$35 billion shortfall through June 2004 that dwarfs last year’s budget crisis. | |
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