Search results

Jump to: navigation, search
  • ===Help us expose corporate capture, political spin and lies=== ...rder:1px solid #7ba06d; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Corporate and Police Spying on Activists Portal</h2>
    14 KB (1,851 words) - 03:06, 19 July 2019
  • ...ich benefit corporate interests, as set out by the [[Institute of Ideas]], corporate funding, a significant focus on influencing youth; the number of organisati ...erlying themes of economic development and freedom from regulation benefit corporate interests while the larger and more established organisations explicitly se
    26 KB (3,892 words) - 21:27, 25 October 2014
  • ...ing edge of corporate spin techniques. This page links to a wide range of GM lobby and spin groups. Please see also the index of [http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM all pages in the GMWatch portal].
    7 KB (771 words) - 23:51, 15 July 2013
  • ...t "[http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/ Health Issues]", American Council on Science and Health, accessed 18 February 2009.</ref> ...it Organizations with Ties to Industry]", Integrity in Science, Center for Science in the Public Interest, accessed 18 February 2009.</ref>
    8 KB (1,072 words) - 09:33, 8 April 2015
  • ...explain the emergence of numerous pro-corporate think tanks, lobbyists and corporate/state partnerships across Scottish public life. The problem with a small co <!---------------------------Elite Networks and Corporate Power------------------------>
    15 KB (1,920 words) - 11:05, 2 November 2011
  • ...Builders: Neoconservatives and their blueprint for US Power], ''Christian Science Monitor''. ...tar-research.org.uk/ Red Star Research] and [http://www.corporatewatch.org Corporate Watch], but put into effect by a wide variety of volunteers and independent
    13 KB (1,631 words) - 01:16, 20 June 2014
  • ...te change-sceptical organisation in Washington as well as promoting "Sound Science" and denigrating environmentalists. ...Get Government Off Our Backs]], the [[National Consumer Coalition]] (a pro-corporate front group headed by [[Frances Smith]], the wife of CEI founder [[Fred Smi
    47 KB (6,765 words) - 09:45, 14 October 2016
  • ...me period.<ref>Feature Story, Exposing the dirty money behind fake climate science, ''Greenpeace'', 30-March-2010</ref> ...5,278,400.<ref>Feature Story, Exposing the dirty money behind fake climate science, ''Greenpeace'', 30-March-2010</ref>
    38 KB (5,485 words) - 09:34, 14 October 2016
  • ...Bush's war agenda, including the war in Iraq. More recently it has defied corporate funders in pushing for a more aggressive stance against Iran. There is a cr ...ial briefing for Capitol Hill Representatives and Staff on ''The Unsettled Science of Global Climate Change,'' with a video documentary produced by Tech Centr
    38 KB (5,613 words) - 09:31, 14 October 2016
  • ...e environmental movement. Although it has not had an especial focus on the GM debate, the aggressive PR tactics that CDFE has promoted, as a means of att ...ditor of another book published by CDFE's Free Enterprise Press, Rules for Corporate Warriors: How to fight and survive attack group shakedowns, by Nick Nichols
    24 KB (3,693 words) - 10:22, 26 April 2010
  • *[[European Council on Corporate Communications]] (Conference Board) [http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_fr ...2013 according to the SMC.<ref>Data from Internet Archive holdings of the Science Media Centre website, 2002-2013.
    11 KB (1,491 words) - 11:44, 5 July 2016
  • ...conclusion that the Parliament spin doctors are in the business of issuing corporate ideology dressed up as neutral official information. The final insult to th ===Science Information Service===
    7 KB (986 words) - 12:51, 10 November 2008
  • In September 2003 the [[Scottish Parliament]] launched a science project to afford MSPs access to 'reliable and factual information': :A one-year pilot Science Information Scheme for MSPs is being launched today at the Scottish Parliam
    4 KB (616 words) - 22:13, 2 September 2010
  • ...s into Africa. Thomson's book ''Genes in Africa'' promotes the benefits of GM crops for the developing world. ...gy and was Chair of [[SAGENE]], South Africa's orginal regulatory body for GM crops. She is also a member of South Africa's current Advisory Committee, w
    10 KB (1,537 words) - 16:27, 7 September 2009
  • ...ef>Rob Edwards, [http://www.robedwards.com/2003/06/uk_gmfree_food_.html UK GM-free food 'is contaminated'], Sunday Herald, 29 June 2003, accessed 1 July ...r, [http://archives.foodsafety.ksu.edu/agnet/2003/6-2003/agnet_june_28.htm GM crops touted to fight poverty: Sweet potatoes, corn], National Post, p. A22
    22 KB (3,326 words) - 19:46, 14 September 2009
  • ...hnology Council''' (abc) represents the interests of genetically modified (GM) crop companies in Britain. ...o 'provide factual information and education about the agricultural use of GM technology in the UK, based on respect for public interest, opinions and co
    3 KB (483 words) - 00:39, 21 November 2017
  • ...ef> The letter warned the Commission against "needless over-regulation" of GM on the grounds of "the very real threat that an overly-strict adherence to ...attacks on researchers David Quist and Ignacio Chapela and their paper on GM contamination of Mexican maize published in ''Nature''.
    25 KB (3,523 words) - 16:31, 7 September 2009
  • ...xports have suffered multi-million dollar losses since the introduction of GM crops. ...]][[Category:Biotechnology|Arntzen, Charles]][[Category:Corporate Science (GM)|Arntzen, Charles]]
    2 KB (319 words) - 20:12, 6 February 2009
  • ...tor of Research and Education, CGFI – Dennis Avery’s son. According to GM Watch: “He is a co-author of, 'Organic Industry Groups Spread Fear for Pr ...2]. Avery sees the issue of GM contamination as a “needless roadblock of GM crops”[3]. Both Averys write for [[Tech Central Station]].
    5 KB (750 words) - 12:28, 18 February 2009
  • ...lex Avery]] also works. He is also an Advisor to the [[American Council on Science and Health]], and author of 'Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic' *A. Rowell (2003) Don’t Worry – It’s Safe to Eat – the True Story of GM Food, BSE and Foot and Mouth, Earthscan, p194-195
    7 KB (1,106 words) - 20:02, 11 August 2011
  • ...]], and [[Spiked]] contributor/ suppporter [[Bill Durodie]]. [[Sense about Science]] list a 'Mr M Livermore' amongst those from whom it has received [http://w ...e Year Freeze coalition which wants a freeze on the commercial growing of GM crops. 'A UK representative of DuPont has sparked the behind the scenes row
    5 KB (738 words) - 03:24, 24 October 2013
  • ...(1997-2003), as well as of the ACNFP Sub Group on Long Term Monitoring (of GM foods). Her predecessor at ACNFP was [[Derek Burke]] and her successor was ..., it advised the British Government directly) on whether or not to approve GM foods.
    3 KB (422 words) - 13:46, 15 June 2015
  • ...open up its rice-genome sequence database to researchers around the world. GM lobbyist [[CS Prakash]], who was also a speaker at the conference, describe ...ard]][[Category:Biotechnology|Barry, Gerard]][[Category:Corporate Science (GM)|Barry, Gerard]][[Category:Industry-Friendly Experts|Barry, Gerard]]
    6 KB (946 words) - 22:56, 11 February 2009
  • Bate is also the former executive director of the [[European Science and Environment Forum]] (ESEF) which he co-founded in 1994. ...r issues which has received over $500,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.<ref> Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)[http://www.corporateeurope.org/system/files/files/
    10 KB (1,450 words) - 11:33, 15 February 2011
  • ..."[http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=7929 The Royal Society asks: How can science help secure the world’s food supply?]", press release, The Royal Society, ...Society]] study and the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), the reports
    6 KB (877 words) - 15:43, 9 November 2010
  • ...e front groups founded by Berman to promote or defend the interests of his corporate clients. <ref> CBS News, Morley Safer, 22nd July 2007 [http://www.cbsnews.c *[[Hands Off the Internet]] a campaign group with some very high profile corporate members dedicated to preventing any internet regulation. It is co-chaired
    10 KB (1,384 words) - 11:30, 27 January 2017
  • ...BIO's Vice President, Food & Agriculture, with specific responsibility for GM crops. ...research team broken up, after he had raised questions about the safety of GM foods, L Val Giddings, on behalf of the Biotechnology Industry Organization
    8 KB (1,154 words) - 16:35, 7 September 2009
  • ...d Sainsbury]]. Bowden was previously senior manager of the Royal Society's science policy division. ...ication of Dr Arpad Pusztai's research showing harmful effects on rats fed GM potatoes, said:
    3 KB (469 words) - 20:31, 3 June 2009
  • ...cesses - ACNFP) for almost a decade (1988-97), during which time the first GM foods were approved for the UK. In the 1980s he worked for a biotech compan ...Innes Centre]] (JIC). Both institutions have benefited from investment in GM research, with the JIC enjoying multi-million pound investments from biotec
    5 KB (805 words) - 16:51, 19 February 2009
  • ...-C observed], 'the CGIAR is deviating from [its] mandate and is adopting a corporate agenda for agricultural research and development. CGIAR's consideration of ...www.panap.net/docs/analysis/gerice.pdf Laying the Molecular Foundations of GM Rice Across Asia] )
    8 KB (1,167 words) - 14:03, 4 September 2009
  • ...e safety of GM food are merely a cover for "trade protectionism" and "anti-science fearmongering".<ref>Gregory Conko, "[http://cei.org/gencon/019,01806.cfm Cl ...ernational Policy Network]]. Conko argued against any requirement to label GM foods, saying:
    4 KB (636 words) - 12:57, 18 February 2009
  • ...dex.asp Council for Biotechnology Information] (CBI) says it communicates 'science-based information about the benefits and safety of agricultural and food bi ...asp whybiotech] website. Among the projects CBI funds is a coordinated pro-GM public information campaign known as [http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/Subjects/soy
    2 KB (210 words) - 20:54, 4 November 2010
  • ...industry-funded lobby group that says its mission is to "make the case for GM crops and foods".<ref>CropGen (2013) [http://www.cropgen.org/ Welcome], acc ...-hires-CPN-widen-GM-debate/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH CropGen hires CPN to widen the GM debate], PRWeek, 25 Feb, acc 17 Apr 2013</ref>
    10 KB (1,505 words) - 14:20, 17 April 2013
  • ...ative consulting work for government and the private sector. Research into GM crops, with its promise of intellectual property and revenue streams, is 'i [[Category:Corporate Science (GM)]]
    4 KB (548 words) - 13:54, 14 September 2009
  • He is a board member of the [[American Council on Science and Health]] and a frequent contributor to its webzine. He is also a keen s ...the blurb, 'In this provocative new book, Thomas R. DeGregori debunks anti-science environmental activists, and lays out the case for employing modern technol
    3 KB (444 words) - 15:58, 24 February 2009
  • ...ttp://web.archive.org/web/20030820210307/http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/corporate/partners/tpartners.html Research Partners], Rothamsted Research website, ve ...t a conflict of interest between their leading role in the UK Government's GM Farm Scale Evaluations and their having earlier been commissioned by one of
    9 KB (1,421 words) - 19:15, 26 January 2010
  • ...x|Durodie at the [[Battle of Ideas]] speaking on: What are the barriers to science in the 21st century ? [[Institute of Ideas]] London, UK Oct 28th, 2007]] ...the economic strand that complemented the UK government's Public Debate on GM crops which culminated in 2003.
    32 KB (4,266 words) - 14:06, 18 October 2016
  • ...nal life sciences measurement and testing company – it supplies forensic science services to the police and acts as the Government’s official chemist, tes ...dex.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3028 Britain funds pounds 13.4m GM programme in Third World], Sept 15, acc 1 May 2013</ref>
    26 KB (3,751 words) - 10:03, 4 September 2017
  • [[File:Eseflogo.gif|right|thumb|200px|[[European Science and Environment Forum]] logo circa 1997]] ...reen capture 2011-3-23-20-41-2.png|thumb|right|700px|ESEF claim to take no corporate funding, circa 1997. Retrieved from the Internet archive of 24 December 199
    31 KB (4,460 words) - 10:05, 11 May 2015
  • ...field of biotechnology' but this is misleading because it has an extensive corporate membership of around 100 Public and Private Companies with direct biotech i ...member from 1998 to 2004. CropDesign was recently acquired by [[BASF Plant Science]]. He links to several other lobby groups for biotech, including PRRI.( htt
    5 KB (726 words) - 21:26, 10 March 2009
  • ...which disclosed that Purvis has a remunerated position as 'Partner, [[Life Science Capital LLP]], London, England', which is of course a venture capital firm Purvis is currently involved with biotech investors, [[Life Science Capital]] (see the sub-text ''Benefiting from Biotech?'' below). He is also
    31 KB (4,326 words) - 20:40, 21 May 2012
  • ...mes-from 'Where Sense About Science comes from'], 1 June 2012, Sense About Science, accessed 5 March 2015.</ref>. His writing has also been listed as suggeste ...ve.org/web/20031029232432/http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/ Sense About Science website contact page], version placed in web archive 29 Oct 2003, acc in we
    119 KB (16,177 words) - 08:21, 6 November 2021
  • Most bizarrely, the FSA excluded from its study the most recent science, a major and expensive (£12 million) EU-funded study, called by the Sunday ==FSA's stance on GM and organic food not evidence-based, says review==
    47 KB (7,517 words) - 13:25, 17 April 2015
  • ...es]], a company that specializes in 'communications programmes for the bio-science industries' yet curiously appears not to have an online presence. It has al ...ity.net]]. However, nothing on the site - the main content of which is pro-GM articles - indicates Forrer's involvement. Foodsecurity.net presents itself
    2 KB (324 words) - 21:04, 6 February 2009
  • ===Pro-GM and Against Labelling of GM-ingredients === ...e foodfuture, whose role is ostensibly to inform the public, but it is pro-GM.
    13 KB (2,013 words) - 02:16, 9 March 2015
  • ==Lobbying against the labelling of GM-ingredients in food== The FDF opposes the labelling of GM-foods. In a 1998/1999 memorandum to a government Select Committee, the FDF
    20 KB (3,012 words) - 15:08, 10 July 2007
  • ...nd Drink Federation]] is a corporate-controlled lobby group which promotes corporate interests in three ways: *Lobbying government for corporate-friendly legislation and regulation.
    36 KB (5,213 words) - 15:44, 10 July 2007
  • ...ed ban or long-term moratorium on growing GM crops or introducing any more GM foods would be a huge blow for the John Innes Centre. "It would be very, ve ...dence to the working group who produced the Royal Society's 2002 report on GM.
    3 KB (553 words) - 15:18, 26 August 2009
  • ...s GM science review panel which concluded that the human health risks of GM food were low. ...ndings of Dr Arpad Pusztai had been superceded by subsequent research into GM food safety.
    3 KB (459 words) - 17:56, 12 March 2009
  • .../plant-science/programmes/gatsby-plant-science-summer-school 'Gatsby Plant Science summer school'], Gatsby Charitable Foundation website, accessed 8 July 2016 ...lso receives over £800,000 a year from the [[Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council]] (BBSRC) , for which Sainsbury is responsible in his mini
    18 KB (1,944 words) - 15:56, 16 April 2024

View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)