Agriculture

"Tribunal Says Mexico Violated Trade Agreement In Banning GM Corn"

"An international tribunal set up to resolve disputes between the United States, Mexico, and Canada has ruled that Mexico violated the terms of the international trade agreement in banning the import of genetically modified (GM) corn for human consumption."

Source: The New Lede, 01/06/2025

WH Scientists Call For National Effort To Curb Groundwater Depletion

"Even as groundwater levels have rapidly declined in farming regions from California’s Central Valley to the High Plains, the federal government has mostly taken a hands-off approach to the chronic depletion of the nation’s aquifers. But in a new report for the White House, scientists say the country is facing serious and unprecedented groundwater challenges that call for the federal government to play a larger role."

Source: LA Times, 12/23/2024

UN Talks Fail To Agree On Dealing With Rising Risk Of Global Drought

"Despite two weeks of U.N.-sponsored talks in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, the participating 197 nations failed to agree early Saturday on a plan to deal with global droughts, made longer and more severe by a warming climate."

Source: AP, 12/17/2024

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