02.08.2018
- Agrochemical and biotech companies based in the EU are assessing a ruling last week by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that could potentially make work with genetically edited...
01.11.2016
- Genetic modification of crops in North America has not increased crop yields or led to a reduction in the use of chemical crop protectants – in particular compared with Europe...
16.10.2015
- By an overwhelming majority of 47 to 3 with 5 abstentions, the Environment committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament (EP) has recommended that the full parliament reject the EU...
16.06.2014
- Both industry and ecology groupings have criticized the decision by the European Union's environment ministers to allow member states to opt out of allowing cultivation of...
02.06.2014
- Environment ministers of all 28 EU member states are due to vote June 12 on an opt-out clause for genetically manipulated crops, including those officially approved for planting by...
25.03.2014
- Maize crops engineered to produce insecticidal toxins derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are planted on millions of hectares annually, reducing the use of...
18.03.2014
- A U.S. public interest group, Center for Food Safety (CFS), is asking a Washington, D.C. court to force the Department of Agriculture to turn over nearly 1,200 documents related to...
06.02.2014
- Germany has indicated it will abstain in a vote of the EU Council - scheduled for February 11 - on cultivation of a new type of insect-resistant, genetically modified maize...