Since 08:30 this morning, Greenpeace staged a protest in Montreal where delegates from environment ministries and scientific experts from over 110 countries are meeting to discuss the future of the world's remaining ancient forests. Seven inflatable animals representing the threatened wildlife of the world's remaining forests greeted delegates as they entered the meeting.
A Greenpeace-commissioned independent report has revealed that the costs of the 2006 genetically engineered rice contamination scandal in the United States involving Bayer CropScience may exceed $1.2 billion. The contamination arose from experimental field trials of rice variety LL601, produced by Bayer, in the U.S., which had ended in 2001. The discovery triggered the largest financial and marketing disaster in the history of the U.S. rice industry. At least 30 countries were affected by the contamination and many closed their markets to U.S. rice, including major importers such as the European Union and the Philippines.
The U.S. District Court in San Francisco will hear oral arguments today, in a precedent-setting case challenging taxpayer-funded projects that cause climate change. Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and the cities of Boulder, Clorado and Oakland, Santa Monica and Arcata, California have all filed the suit on behalf of their members and citizens against two U.S. government agencies - the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).
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