Interview with Burton Richter, 1976 Nobel Prize Winner for discovering a new sub-atomic particle, about the future of nuclear energy in the United States.
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December 11, 2012 Humanosphere
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter, examines the Obama Administration’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, a project aimed at boosting food production in the developing world. De Schutter notes that one example of the new initiative’s approach is to have Cargill launch a large-scale project on 40,000 acres of farmland in Mozambique — which may increase crop yields but also potentially displace many poor smallholder farmers. “The very factors that make Africa a target for agricultural development aid also make it a promising land market for multinational investors. But opportunities should not be mistaken for solutions. Problems can arise when private companies take a central role in aid programmes.” UNITED NATIONS: Why are GM crops not the solution? VIDEO http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1228040300/united-nations-why-are-gm-crops-not-the-solution AFRICA - SOLD: Obama Puts Big 6 Chemical GMO Giants In Charge -- of "Ending Hunger" -- in Africa http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1837261743/africa-sold-obama-puts-big-6-chemical-gmo-giants-in-charge-of-ending-hunger-in-africa The Corporate Take-Over of African Food Security http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3404411443/the-corporate-take-over-of-african-food-security Who Owns Nature? Corporate Power and the Final Frontier in the Commodification of Life http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2299601530/who-owns-nature-corporate-power-and-the-final-frontier-in-the-commodification-of-life Via pdjmoo 
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December 11, 2012 10:22 PM
Opportunities should not be mistaken for solutions. "Investment" implies a financial return and often control. "Philanthropy" and "Aid" should not be attached to profits but rather to empower and uplift populations into self independence in line with their regional ecosystems, cultural food and needs without coercion or hidden agendas by those acting as a trojan horse for big foreign business and corporate interests e.g. The Gates Foundation Delete the scoop?
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Quando se trata de energia nuclear, o Dr. Burton Richter é o Sr. Confiável. Vencedor do Prêmio Nobel de 1976 descobrindo uma partícula subatômica nova, Richter tem aconselhado presidentes e políticos há quase 40 anos. Richter Breakthrough é conselheiro técnico para o próximo documentário "Promessa de Pandora", sobre pró-nucleares ambientalistas.