Harvard’s Dr Alex Lu discusses his latest research about the impact of neonicotinoids on honeybees with June Stoyer and Tom Theobald on The Organic View Radio Show.
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Come Sit Down Here Beside Me Said The Spider To The Fly
In 1959 the people of Boulder, Colorado approved the “Blue Line”, a city charter amendment that restricted city water service to altitudes below 5,750 feet. This was intended to protect the city’s foothills backdrop from development. Eight years later Boulder voters approved a sales tax dedicated to the purchase of open space land and it wasn’t long after that Boulder County voters did the same.
Through this and subsequent sales tax votes, thousands of acres of publicly owned open space land have been purchased by the County, of which about 20,000 acres are agricultural. The issue of how county agricultural land should be managed drew the public spotlight in 2009 when 6 farmers with leases on county land asked for the ok to plant Roundup Ready sugar beets.
The EPA’s 9 Weeks of Silence
This is the official letter that was sent to the EPA on December 8th, 2010 in regards to the demand for removal of Clothianidin. Is anyone listening?