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Worldview 11.12.12
Previewing the next four years of Obama’s foreign policy and how GMO labeling activists lost California
Storified by · Mon, Nov 12 2012 07:39:36
Obama’s second term puts US-Asian relations in spotlight
President Obama hassaid the U.S. will turn its attention to Asia. He’s about to make a historictrip to Burma, where he’ll be the first U.S. president to visit the nation.
Obama to visit Burma on Southeast Asia swingFresh off his reelection victory, Barack Obama is about to put his personal stamp on his administration’s “pivot” to Asia. The president …
We’lltake a look at what foreign policy will look like under a second Obama termwith Michael Brenner, senior fellow at the Center forTranslatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University.
President Obama’s Foreign Policy AgendaNational security didn’t play heavily in the presidential election. But President Obama’s legacy, and the country’s future, will be shape…
What Prop 37’s defeat means for GMO labeling activists
California voters defeated Proposition 37 bya margin of 53% to 47%. The measure would have made their state the first to require a Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) label on some fresh produce and processed foods, such as corn, soybeans and beet sugar.
Voters Defeat Prop. 37 Aimed At Labeling GM FoodsLOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) - Voters rejected a ballot measure that would have made California the first U.S. state to label processed foods …
Should genetically engineered foods be labeled?losangelestimes
The measure fell victim to a media blitz bankrolled by $46 million in campaign contributions from big biotech companies, including Monsanto, grocery manufacturers and agricultural firms.
Yes on Proposition 37 launches TV ad campaignSACRAMENTO — After losing a more than two-to-one lead from a month-long barrage of critical opposition TV ads, supporters of a genetical…
We’ll about the failed measure and the future of the GMO labeling movement with Gary Hirshberg, co-founder and chairman of Stonyfield Organic. He co-authored Label It Now: What You Need to Know About Genetically Engineered Foods.