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    WTO still secretly pushing toxic derivatives - by frog



    Ten years after the “Battle in Seattle”, Greg Palast confronts Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, on just how little has changed. read more
    December 7, 2009 6:46 am - 5 Comments
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    Mike Moore on biofuels - by frog



    Mike Moore manages to evade lucidity again this morning with a Pro GE, pro WTO, pro big business solution to rising food prices. He also joins many others on the right by attacking biofuels: Filling a Range Rover with subsidised ethanol takes as much “grain” as would feed an African family for a year. Rich [...] read more
    April 28, 2008 12:10 pm - 20 Comments
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    Business as usual - by frog



    Minister of Trade Phil Goff, like the rest of the government, is currently concerned about climate change; seems it might be rather costly. ‘Stern estimating it at as much as 20 per cent of global GDP – as well as the obvious, potentially catastrophic, environmental costs.’ Luckily Goff doesn’t need to worry too much because [...] read more
    December 10, 2007 1:34 pm - 20 Comments