Tag: Monsanto

Farming is going digital. Can antitrust law keep up?

Daniel Oliver · December 20, 2017 5:01 am

House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy on Tuesday demanded an explanation about why the National Cancer Institute failed to publish evidence that a widely used herbicide does not cause cancer. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trey Gowdy demands answers on why pro-industry cancer research was buried

Todd Shepherd · August 8, 2017 2:00 pm

Spicer: Bayer and Monsanto to add 3,000 U.S. jobs

Sarah Bedford · January 17, 2017 4:50 pm

Coalition points out that the EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard has been a huge job creator in the Midwest. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Energy and Environment

Ethanol industry calls Trump an ‘advocate’

John Siciliano · December 15, 2016 7:17 pm

Protesters litter Senate floor with cash during GMO vote

Joel Gehrke, Pete Kasperowicz · July 6, 2016 8:05 pm

A group of Nobel Prize-winners have signed onto a campaign demanding activist groups and their seemingly willing accomplices in the press refrain from spreading misinformation about the science behind genetically modified foods. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

GMOs showcase how poorly journalists cover science issues

Becket Adams · July 1, 2016 4:10 am

Junk science = garbage policy

Becket Adams · July 6, 2015 4:01 am

Dick Durbin is trying to stop Monsanto from moving its headquarters overseas to cut down on U.S. taxes. (AP Photo)

Durbin raises alarm over potential Monsanto move out of U.S.

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2015 8:08 pm

"I strongly urge you and the board of directors to maintain Monsanto Company's headquarters and its tax address in the United States," Durbin wrote to Monsanto's CEO. (Bloomberg)

Durbin discourages Monsanto from moving headquarters to avoid taxes

Joseph Lawler · May 7, 2015 8:23 pm

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Energy and Environment

Supreme Court refuses to hear farmers’ appeal in patent case against Monsanto

Jessica Karmasek · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Should our diplomats be Monsanto saleswomen?

Timothy P. Carney · May 21, 2013 4:00 am

Red Alert Politics

37th time the charm? House votes again to repeal Obamacare

Katie LaPotin · May 16, 2013 10:41 pm