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Tokar: Vermont Voters Say No To Tar Sands Oil
Commentary, March, 07 2013
Brian Tokar
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At least 29 towns in Vermont, including Montpelier and Burlington, overwhelmingly passed resolutions opposing the proposed transport of tar sands oil through their region
Tokar: 40 Years of Earth Days
Commentary, April, 22 2010
Brian Tokar
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The 40th anniversary of the original Earth Day is upon us, and many seasoned environmentalists are nostalgic for the heady days of the 1970s, when 20 million people hit in the streets and eventually got Richard Nixon to sign a series of ambitious ...
Tokar: Repackaging Copenhagen: Will There Be a Global Climate Agreement?
Commentary, December, 05 2009
Brian Tokar
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On the eve of the UN’s long-awaited Copenhagen climate summit, officials are pulling out all the stops to spin the conference as a success, no matter what actually happens.
Tokar: Politics-as-Usual While the Planet Burns
Commentary, July, 02 2009
Brian Tokar
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A palpable sense of triumph accompanied the passage last week of a first-of-its-kind global warming bill in the US House of Representatives. Rep. Henry Waxman of California, one of the bill's two main sponsors, called it a "decisive and historic a...
Tokar: Resisting Genetic Engineering
Commentary, March, 28 1999
Brian Tokar
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While the biotechnology industry continues to promise miracles-- new ways to feed the world, solutions to intractable medical problems, enhanced "freedom of choice" in human reproduction, and more -- activists worldwide have recently stepped up th...
Tokar: Biotechnology and the Commodification of Life
Commentary, March, 03 1999
Brian Tokar
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The U.S.government's aggressive advocacy for the biotechnology industry, and its potentially disastrous agenda of reshaping world agriculture, has finally made international headlines.
