Last Friday, the Minnesota legislature wrapped up its 2014 bonding session with the passage of two important pieces of legislation to protect bees from pesticides.
A truth-in-advertising bill introduces the language of “pollinator lethal insecticide” into Minnesota statutes. It bars nurseries from labeling plants pretreated with these pesticides from being labeled as “bee-friendly.”
Last week, 17 Minnesota legislators submitted comments encouraging the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) to consider restricting or de-registering neonicotinoids, the most widely used class of insecticides in the world and a key contributor to declining bee populations. These comments came on the last day of an open comment period on MDA's review of neonicotinoids, which began in November 2013.
For Immediate Release: May 5, 2014
Contact: Paul Towers, 916-216-1082, ptowers@panna.org
For Immediate Release: April 29, 2014
Contacts:
Paul Towers, 916-216-1082, ptowers@panna.org
Tracey Brieger, 415-215-5473, tracey@pesticidereform.org
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Groundbreaking Report: Hazardous Pesticides Used Near More Than 100,000 Children at California Schools
Earlier today, the Vermont legislature passed a bill to ensure genetically engineered (GE) food, or food containing GE ingredients, is clearly labeled. Connecticut and Maine have passed related laws, but both contain trigger clauses and have not yet gone into effect. When Governor Shumlin signs the Vermont bill into law, which he is expected to do, Vermont will be the first state to mandate GE labeling.
The prestigious United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report this week, detailing how governments can avert the most severe consequences of climate change, if they act quickly and decisively.
For Immediate Release: April 2, 2014
Contacts:
Paul Towers, PAN, 916-216-1082
Janette Brimmer, Earthjustice, 206 343-7340, ext 1029
Virginia Ruiz, Farmworker Justice, 202-800-2520
After five years, EPA’s only response is that it will make no change to existing practices and plans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Thursday, March 27, 2014
Contacts:
Paul Towers, Pesticide Action Network, 916-216-1082; ptowers@panna.org
Bill Allayaud, Environmental Working Group, 916-601-9280
Austin Price, CALPIRG, 916-448-4516
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Thursday, March 13, 2014
Media Contacts:
Paul Towers, PAN, 916-216-1082
Irma Medellin, El Quinto Sol de America, 559-568-5749
More than seven years since findings were presented, Californians who found chlorpyrifos in their air and bodies call for more restrictions on the pesticide
For Immediate Release: March 11, 2014
