Comments EdieFrederick has made

  • On Boston Legal ...

    ... sometimes they cover an environmental issue thoughly & cutting edge in their typical fast-talking, acerbic manner -- which is too fast & edgy to be preachy. I guess the funny part is thinking -- "I can't believe they're talking about this!"  :-) EFOn King of the Hill takes on green posted 1 year, 1 month ago 16 Responses

  • Excellent disclosure points ...

    Tom, your excerpt from the Pesticide Action Network cites evidence for what I think is #1 of many motives for organic food production, and that is -- so far industrial agriculture cannot deliver human & animal food that is untainted by harmful chemicals. And that includes all the corporations in the new Alliance for Abundant Food and Energy.

    From your POV, have you ever seen a substantive study linking residual industrial ag chemicals in food with human & animal disease -- over time?

    And as for Monsanto and Syngenta as rivals, I would like to see a study of their boards, investors, holdings and subsidiaries. They certainly work shoulder-to-shoulder to counter resistance to industrial ag methods and profit- taking -- and to spin-counter the benefits of sustainable organic food production methods.

    A lot of ordinary people support Monsanto by default -- the largest investor in Monsanto is FMR LLC, a consortium of 300+ mutual funds that has made billionaires of its founders & fund managers, the Johnson family of Boston. On In Arkansas, a new GMO/herbicide solution to a problem created by an old one posted 1 year, 3 months ago 4 Responses

  • Which conference in Salzberg?


    Please cite the name & sponsors of the conference you are describing. At Google search I find that Salzberg hosts a LOT of conferences. Thanks.On Netherlands' response to climate change posted 1 year, 4 months ago 5 Responses

  • What struck me in Athan Manuel's testimony ...

    ... on behalf of the Sierra Club was that of oil resource lands
    currently available for drilling, only 26% are being accessed.
    His point was -- why rush into opening up new land when
    existing resources are not being used. His point was -- a push
    to open up new land distracts attention from the necessity to
    acknowlege that oil supply is ultimately finite and we need to direct energy into developing new technologies ASAP.On House committee hears testimony on the future of oil (hint: it's dim) posted 1 year, 5 months ago 11 Responses

  • Kate, please see & join in >

    ... a "thought exercise" on Philip Greenspun's
    weblog in a post on the home page titled > "Cost of converting entire U.S. to electric cars? Zero.
    philg - May 27, 2008 @ 4:01 am · Filed under Uncategorized." Philip, philg, enjoys a large IT & technical audience. There are presently 47 comments in this discussion. I am sure your timely entry would enrich the thoughtful mix, and -- if I remember correctly -- you would be the first woman to comment in this discussion. Philip Greenspun is a pioneer of open source software for community websites, background at www.philip.greenspun.com. His weblog links off that home page. I hope to see your input here >
    http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/
    Part of my motive in this suggestion is to introduce Philip to Grist and Tom Phillpot's incisive analysis on farm policy. Several of Philip's posts citing farm policy have ended up churning peripheral info rather than examining real causes and outcomes.On As GM announces plant closings, Obama touts green jobs posted 1 year, 5 months ago 4 Responses

  • The rest of the story ...

    ... as in "its not over until the fat lady sings," I am waiting for
    Al Gore to talk about why he used his weighty influence in 1993 to push NAFTA legislation through without any provisions for protection from chemical pollution and farm workers human rights violations. What could Al Gore's current weighty influence do to correct some of the rapacious corporate control he let loose on  world food production by putting his weighty stamp of approval on NAFTA?On Inconvenient Truth gives an encore -- as an opera posted 1 year, 5 months ago 4 Responses