From the Canadian NGO, ETC Group: The New Biomassters Synthetic Biology and the Next Assault on Biodiversity and Livelihoods. read it at the web site, www.etcgroup.org. As global attention switches from the new Nagoya Protocol of the Biodiversity Convention to the next climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, ETC Group releases a groundbreaking report that lifts the lid on the emerging global grab on plants, lands, ecosystems, and traditional cultures. The New Biomassters - Synthetic Biology and the Next Assault on Biodiversity and Livelihoods is a critique of what OECD countries are calling 'the new bioeconomy.' Concerted attempts are already underway to shift industrial production feedstocks from fossil fuels to the 230 billion tones of 'biomass' that the Earth produces every year -not just for liquid fuels but also for production of power, chemicals, plastics and more. Yes Kidz; it's 'Disaster Capitalism' on steroids and it's coming to planet near (Very near) you soon. Sooner than you think. After all with the global economy in the tank and the US imploring China to 'Consume More, More, More', the next "technofix may be our last gasp.
Closer to home: Happy Holidaze from the Feds own DIY Department: Our homegrown 'Terrorling", the young Mohamed Osman Mohamud is in court today accused of attempting to blow up a van full of explosives at the Pioneer Square tree-lighting event. He was mad at his parents, since you were wondering, Why? Now the Washington State chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) called on the FBI and state law enforcement authorities to step up protection for the region’s Muslim community after a Sunday morning blaze damaged the Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Center in Corvallis. The FBI is investigating the incident.
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