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Genetically Modified Wheat Stopped
5/10/04
Dakota Resource Council members declared victory today at Monsanto's announcement to defer "all further efforts to introduce Roundup Ready wheat." read press release

DRC Leaders Headed to Miami for FTAA Talks
11/13/03
Three leaders from Dakota Resource Council travel to Miami November 15-21 to join farmers and workers from around the world in urging fair trade and healthy communities during the initial Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) talks. read press release

Big Oil, Gas Receive Too Many Favors 3/3/03
North Dakota has a long history of being more than generous to the fossil fuel industry. It's time to take a hard look at the wisdom of that strategy. Instead, the state Legislature is poised to throw even more favors to oil and gas - at great risk and with little chance of gain. read press release

Asian Buyers Won't Buy Genetically Engineered Wheat 11/14/02
A survey conducted by U.S. Wheat Associates, an association of state wheat comissions in 20 wheat-producing states, confirms that Asian wheat buyers will not buy a genetically engineered wheat variety produced by Monsanto Corporation. read press release

EPA Delays GM Wheat Approval 10/18/02
A federal agency late last month delayed approval of new herbicide standards requested by Monsanto in order to market its genetically-modified (GM) Roundup Ready wheat. read press release

North Dakota Farmers Call for Moratorium on Genetically Modified Wheat 10/18/02
Today ( July 10, 02), farmers, farm organizations and other concerned citizens called for a moratorium on the commercial release of genetically modified wheat in North Dakota at a hearing of the North Dakota Legislature's Interim Agriculture Committee. read press release

Farmers Oppose Cooperative Venture With Monsanto 6/25/02
Members of Spring Wheat Bakers expressed dismay at the announcement that Spring Wheat Bakers will work for Monsanto to identity preserve hard red spring wheat. read press release

DRC Members Win COOL Victory
In order to support the implementation of the labeling law that's been on the ND books for almost 3 years, Souris Valley Chapter set out to ask Minot area grocery stores to comply voluntarily. Marketplace Foods, agreed immediately. read press release

North Dakota 15th Worst Mercury Polluter 5/23/02
North Dakota ranks 15th in the nation in toxic mercury emissions, according to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for the year 2000, which was recently made public
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1 Million Japanese say no to GM wheat
4/8/2004
A coalition of Japanese consumer and food industry groups declared today that Japanese consumers would not buy wheat from the United States if it introduces genetically modified (GM) wheat. read press release

Citizen's Group Files Suit for Clean Air 9/30/03
Dakota Resource Council (DRC) today filed a lawsuit in Denver against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to protect air quality in some of the most pristine areas in North Dakota and Montana, including the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. read press release

North Dakota Enforcing State Country-of-Origin Labeling Law 4/2/03
North Dakota is enforcing its own country-of-origin labeling law, but state activists say customers need enforcement of federal legislation to know for certain where their meat comes from. read press release

British Study Finds Genetically Modified Crops Economically Devastating to U.S. Farmers 9/18/02
According to a new report published by the British Soil Association, genetically modified soybeans, corn, and canola has cost the US economy at much as $12 billion in farm subsidies, lower crop prices, loss of major export orders and product recalls. read press release

ND Farmers Call for Moratorium on Genetically Modified Wheat 7/10/02
July 10, farmers, farm organizations and other concerned citizens called for a moratorium on the commercial release of genetically modified wheat in North Dakota at a hearing of the North Dakota Legislature's Interim Agriculture Committee. read press release

Grassroots Group Files Intent to Sue EPA 7/09/02
Dakota Resource Council (DRC) filed an intent to sue Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) June 18 for failing to stop sulfur dioxide violations in North Dakota and Montana Class I areas. read press release

Organizations Call on Governor Hoeven to Implement Country of Origin Labeling 6/25/02
In 1999, the North Dakota Legislature enacted a law that requires grocery stores to label fresh beef, pork and lamb as to country of origin. Three years later, the law has yet to be implemented.
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FACTSHEET: The 2000 Toxic Release Inventory (pdf)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) late last week released new information on toxic air emissions, which showed that electric utilities were the biggest air polluters in the U.S. in 2000.
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