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		<title>Open Source Detection Test for First Gene Edited Crop</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s release of an open source test for detecting the first “gene edited” crop is a game changer. It refutes claims by GMO developers suggesting that new GM foods are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gene Drive GMOs Would Need NZ’s Neighbours to Agree</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 18:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand cannot decide to release a “gene drive” GMO on its own without a significant impact on its international relations. Research into using this new form of genetic engineering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Environment a Significant Casualty Under TPPA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2016 20:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Close scrutiny of the final TPPA text reveals that its impact on the environment is even worse than had been expected from leaked drafts. A new paper, prepared by Simon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government’s Move Keeps New GMOs Regulated</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2015 03:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government’s decision to keep all new techniques for engineering genes under regulation is welcomed by the Sustainability Council. Last year, the Council won a High Court ruling that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Court Prevents Developers From Bypassing GM Laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 20:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The High Court has quashed a decision by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) that would have allowed developers of genetically modified crops to bypass New Zealand’s GM laws. The Court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budgeting for Use of Carbon is Key to Cutting Emissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2014 23:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously tackling New Zealand’s emissions requires the use of carbon to be budgeted for in the same way the nation budgets for government spending. Without new action, New Zealand’s gross [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to the Employers and Manufacturers Association</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim Campbell Chief Executive Employers and Manufacturers Association &#160; Dear Kim This open letter is in response to your media statement of 5 February criticising the Sustainability Council’s analysis of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TPP’s Benefits Less Than a Quarter of Government’s Claim</title>
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		<comments>https://www.sustainabilitynz.org/tpps-benefits-less-than-a-quarter-of-governments-claim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The TPP’s economic benefits are less than a quarter of those the government has claimed &#8211; and the proposed trade deal would impose serious costs. The government has repeatedly used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environment is one of the TPP’s Biggest Casualties</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wikileaks’ latest disclosure of Trans Pacific Partnership documents underscores how weak the environmental measures are, and that the environment is a major casualty under the agreement. The leaked environment chapter [...]]]></description>
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