A draft of the latest report from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) says emissions of carbon dioxide and the other greenhouse gases warming the planet grew twice as fast in the first decade of the 21st century as they did during the previous three decades. Much of that rise was due to the […]

The Greens made history in Norway on September 9 when the people of Oslo elected the first ever Green Party Member of Parliament. With 97% of the votes counted, Rasmus Hansson, a former General Secretary of the World Wildlife Fund, has been declared elected in the country’s capital city. http://www.newsinenglish.no/2013/09/10/small-parties-strive-for-influence/

“In the event that a determination of nonregulated status made pursuant to section 411 of Plant Protection Act is or has been invalidated or vacated, the secretary of agriculture shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law upon request by a farmer, grower, farm operator, or producer, immediately grant temporary permit(s) or temporary deregulation in part, […]