Publication archives

Jul 9, 2013

Food Panel | Sierra Club Trans-Atlantic Trade Symposium

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
Food Panel Kathy Ozer, National Family Farm Coalition (moderator) Alexis Baden-Mayer, Organic Consumer Association (GMOs) Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Institute for Trade & Agriculture Policy (emerging technologies)
Jul 9, 2013

The obesity epidemic: What do chemicals have to do with it?

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Andrew Ranallo
We are all hearing a lot about obesity these days and more people are obese than ever; one-third of American children and two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese. The American Medical Association has declared that obesity is a disease.
Jul 8, 2013

Chemicals and Obesity

While diet and exercise are important factors in the obesity epidemic, an emerging body of science demonstrates that exposures to chemical obesogens may be important contributors. A number of chemicals known to disrupt hormones also appear to affect the size and number of fat cells or hormones that regulate appetite and metabolism. 
Jul 8, 2013

Experts Discuss Implications on Environment, Labor, Consumer Rights, and Food Policy

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Karen Hansen-Kuhn
July 8, 2013: Experts Discuss Implications on Environment, Labor, Consumer Rights, and Food Policy. Sierra Club telepresser on launch of U.S.-EU trade negotiations (TTIP). Speakers: Ilana Solomon, Sierra Club Lori Wallach, Public Citizen Celeste Drake, AFL-CIO Karen Hansen-Kuhn, IATP
Jul 3, 2013

Trade Secrets – Draft EU documents reveal trade agenda with U.S.

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Karen Hansen-Kuhn
Transparency and trade negotiations don’t seem to go together these days. Recent revelations in Spiegel disclosed that the U.S.
Jun 24, 2013

Parallel U.S. and EU delays in derivatives market regulation

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Dr. Steve Suppan
A recent announcement by the European Commission has consequences for anyone affected by an interest rate, the price of oil or the price of wheat [read: everyone]. 
Jun 20, 2013

Measuring hunger: A Response to the FAO

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Sophia Murphy
In December 2012, I received an email from Frances (Frankie) Moore Lappé, a woman whose name I had known since I was a teenager interested in hunger and poverty issues and reading all I could on the subject. I was honored.
Jun 20, 2013

Greening the CAP

by
Dale Wiehoff
As the U.S. Farm Bill debate drags on like a bad dream you can’t wake up from, Europe is entering the final stretch of multi-year negotiations on the 2014–2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). As with the Farm Bill, agreement on the CAP is far from a sure thing.