A federal appeals court is weighing whether Hawaii counties have the right to regulate genetically modified crops and impose restrictions...
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‘Aina demonstrators rally
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Downtown Honolulu to ‘Iolani Palace on Sunday as part of community rally and...
Dear Shaka Movement Ohana!
We are an educational and charitable environmental/social justice movement empowering a vast effort of concerned people throughout Hawaii and beyond....
Pesticide Report Demands Action From Ige, Legislature
By The Civil Beat Editorial Board Now that Kauai’s Joint Fact Finding Study Group has released the final version of...
Monsanto Ordered to Pay $46.5 Million in PCB Lawsuit in Rare Win for Plaintiffs
A St. Louis jury has awarded three plaintiffs a total of $46.5 million in damages in a lawsuit alleging that...
92 Peruvian Kids Poisoned by Glyphosate, Ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup
Children and teachers suffer a range of symptoms including extreme vomiting after exposure to glyphosate, a known carcinogen. On Tuesday,...
Hawaii’s Trifecta of GMO Cases May Be Heard By Appeals Court In June
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals may hold hearings in June on three cases related to genetically modified farming...
Portland Becomes 7th City to Sue Monsanto Over PCB Contamination
Portland, Oregon is suing Monsanto over contaminating the city’s waterways with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a highly toxic group of chemicals that endangers human...
WHO’s New Q & A on Glyphosate Confirms Toxicity of Round Up
Will the EU agencies listen? The World Health Organization (WHO) has just published a clear question and answer form on...
Court date set, case to be heard in Honolulu
That’s right! Judges from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will be hearing arguments for SHAKA’s case here in Hawaii....