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Hawaii’s GMO Battle: Federal Judge Strikes Down Kauai’s Pesticide Regulations
The anti-GMO forces in Hawaii were dealt a blow when a federal judge stuck down a local ordinance regulating pesticide use where four of the world's largest agrichemical companies …
A Dangerous Mixture in “Poison Valley”: Neoliberalism, Pesticides and the Kaua’i Anti-GMO Movement
For the first time in history, County Council in the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i blocked a citizen-led petition to stop further GMO development until corporations could prove the safety …
Pacific Missile Range Facility: Kauai’s Biggest Bang Is Out of Sight
A look at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai and what the increasing military presence in the Pacific means for Hawaii and the world.
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The Kauai Cocktail
Highly toxic pesticides are being applied to GMO test fields on Kauai at a much higher rate than on most US farms, an analysis of new data reveals.
Pesticide and GMO Companies Spend Big in Hawaii
Hawaii has become "ground zero" in the controversy over genetically modified (GMO) crops and pesticides.
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Opposing Local Hawaii Law, Big Agribusiness Confuses GMO Regulations With Same-Sex Marriage Discrimination
What do same-sex marriage and genetically-engineered soybeans have in common? Nothing, but big agribusiness is banking on a federal judge in Hawaii to make the connection.
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One Nation the US Actually Should Liberate
Jon Olsen's new book, Liberate Hawai'i: Renouncing and Defying the Continuing Fraudulent US Claim to the sovereignty of Hawai'i, makes a compelling case — a legal case as well …
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Local Resistance to the NDAA Amps Up, Spans Political Spectrum
A decision by the Obama administration to consider a drone strike against a US citizen brings the conflict of executive authority and civil and constitutional rights back in the …
Hawaii’s GMO War Headed to Honolulu and Federal Court
The question facing Hawaiians: Do county governments have the power to regulate the pesticide-laden process of developing genetically engineered seeds?
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On the Front Lines of Hawaii’s GMO War, Part Two
Bill 2491 will take effect in nine months, but the battle over GMO farming and pesticides in Kauai - and the rest of Hawaii - is far from over.