Posted May 29, 2014
They are the one place where plants, animals, and other wildlife are supposed to be protected from the machinations of human industry and commerce. But the nation’s supposedly protected wildlife refuges are being taken over by the chemical and biotechnology industries, prompting a new lawsuit that seeks to ban the planting of genetically-modified (GM) crops and the spraying of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides in all National Wildlife Refuges across the country. Read more.