Publication archives

May 8, 2014

Looking to the states on climate adaptation

by
Jim Kleinschmit
The National Climate Assessment released yesterday states what most of us already know: Climate change is occurring and having real and costly impacts, but we aren’t ready.
May 7, 2014

The bogeyman of fungicidal resistance

by
Dale Wiehoff
When my kids were young, one of our favorite nighttime books was Fungus the Bogeyman, a story about a subterranean bogeyman who spends his waking hours scaring humans. The kids and I loved all the disgusting bogeyman slang like pus and muck.
May 6, 2014

Fair is fair: Raise the minimum wage

by
Ben Lilliston
Last week, Republicans in the Senate blocked a vote on whether to enact a modest raise of the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour, and the tipped minimum wage from $2.13 an hour to 70 percent of the minimum wage. Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid has vowed to bring it up for a vote again. He should. And it should pass.
May 5, 2014

The anti-localization agenda in TTIP

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
When U.S. and EU officials talk about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), they say it will bring the two economies together as leaders in the global economy. Just this week, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso told the U.S.
May 5, 2014

Trading away localization in TTIP

All over the world, communities and nations are developing new ways to rebuild local economies. In the U.S. and Europe, a growing number of people are taking a look at the processed foods at the supermarket and opting instead for healthier choices: foods that are local, in season and grown with fewer pesticides.
Apr 28, 2014

US-EU free trade agreement draws strong reactions from farming communities and consumers in Germany

by
Shefali Sharma
Earlier this month, IATP was part of a six-event speakers’ tour organized by the progressive German farmers’ organization, ABL and sponsored by over 20 German organizations on the proposed U.S.-EU free trade agreement.
Apr 24, 2014

Obama’s GMO problem

by
Ben Lilliston
The Obama Administration’s feverish cheerleading for genetically modified crops is being put to the test with growing evidence that the technology is unpopular with consumers, causing problems in the field and facing increasing rejection in the marketplace.
Apr 24, 2014

Why should a bank be allowed to own and trade oil, metals or land?

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
The Board of the Federal Reserve asked this question, in essence, and 25 questions related to it in an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.