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APHIS Releases New Strategic Plan for 2023-2027, Includes Biotechnology Objectives

Brag

Objective 5 is “Ensure the development of safe agricultural biotechnology products using a science-based regulatory framework.” The plan includes six strategic goals that focus on working to: Protect agriculture from plant and animal diseases and pests. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S.

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For the first time, genetically modified trees have been planted in a U.S. forest

Environmental News Bits

Living Carbon, a biotechnology company, hopes its seedlings can help manage climate change. Read the full story at Grist. But wider use of its trees may be elusive.

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Microbes in cow stomach can break down plastic

Frontiers

The discovery is published today in the open access journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. The scientists suspected such bacteria might be useful since cow diets already contain natural plant polyesters. “A

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Arnold & Porter's Environmental Litigation Practice Named 2022 'Law Firm of the Year' by Best Lawyers

Arnold Porter

Biotechnology Law. Natural Resources Law. Arnold & Porter's ranked national practice areas in the "Best Law Firms" report include: Antitrust Law. Appellate Practice. Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Commercial Litigation. Corporate Law. Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Energy Law.

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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

The Corporate Consolidation of Seed Breeding Over the past decades, we have seen a hyper consolidation of the seed market with over 50% of seed sales coming from companies that are owned by four large biotechnology corporations. Source: Philip H. To strictly analyze the cost of seed, consider that corn farmers who paid $26.65

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Policy News: September 12, 2022

ESA

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House progressives, led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are opposing the permitting deal, citing concerns that the reforms would help fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. Joe Manchin (D-WV).

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Policy News: July 27, 2021

ESA

billion for investments in advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, clean energy technology, microelectronics and semiconductors, quantum information science and the U.S. Huffman is a senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee. Global Change Research Program.

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