Sunday, April 29, 2012

In New U.S. “Bioeconomy”, Industry Trumps Environment

Click here to access article by Carey L. Biron from Inter Press Service.

It's clear that capitalists must have energy to feed their addiction to profits regardless of the consequences for others.
The White House on Thursday announced the formulation of the National Bioeconomy Blueprint, aimed at shoring up the U.S. commitment to bioscience-related research.
But critics warn that the new programme focuses too much on economic concerns, placing too little emphasis on either social issues or on the environment itself.
Meanwhile, scientists see things differently as reported in this piece entitled, "Scientists call for rethink on consumption, population".