The DARK Act failed to win the votes needed to end debate, leaving GMO labeling laws in Vermont, Connecticut, Maine and Alaska intact. The writers argue the bill's QR code scheme would have shut out the third of Americans without smartphones or reliable internet.
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The DARK Act: You Slayed It-For Now!
Sen. Pat Roberts lacked the votes to pass S. 2609, the bill opponents call the DARK Act, the Organic Consumers Association reports. It names the senators who crossed party lines and warns a compromise could still revive the bill before Vermont's labeling law takes effect July 1.
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Food & Water Watch Applauds Defeat of DARK Act
Food & Water Watch director Wenonah Hauter welcomes the Senate's refusal to advance Senator Pat Roberts' bill, which she says would have blocked state GMO labeling laws and replaced them with voluntary measures. She calls for mandatory on-package labeling.
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URGENT: Your Senator Will Vote Today on the DARK Act!
An alert urging readers to call senators before an 11:45 a.m. vote on S. 2609, the bill opponents call the DARK Act, with talking points defending Vermont's GMO labeling law and opposing QR codes. It lists Monsanto's 2014 contributions to Democrats who might cross over.
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Your tax dollars will be used to promote Monsanto
The Organic Consumers Association points to Section 294 of S. 2609, which would direct the government to promote information on the benefits of agricultural biotechnology to build consumer acceptance. Mercola.com will match donations up to $250,000 by March 15.
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Monsanto, Coca-Cola and General Mills
An Environmental Working Group fundraising appeal asks readers to donate before a Senate floor vote on the DARK Act, which would block state GMO labeling laws. EWG says Big Food companies spent more than $101 million last year lobbying against labeling.
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It's worth fighting for, Mr. Frodo
An Organic Consumers Association fundraising letter quoting Tolkien. It asks for donations that Mercola.com will match up to $250,000 by midnight March 15, and previews the arguments it expects from senators pushing a voluntary GMO labeling standard.
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Monsanto Robocallers 'Scare' Up Votes to Defeat Labeling
Organic Consumers Association reports that Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association are running robocalls to drum up support for Sen. Pat Roberts's bill, which would override Vermont's GMO labeling law, including a claim that labels would add $1,000 a year to food bills.
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Now the Battle Really begins
A Center for Food Safety fundraising appeal reporting that the Senate Agriculture Committee voted 14-6 to send the DARK Act to the Senate floor, and arguing the bill would block state GE labeling laws and leave only voluntary labeling at the federal level.
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Advocates Urge Senate to Reject DARK Act
Food & Water Watch director Wenonah Hauter urges senators to reject a bill approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee that would bar states from requiring GMO labeling, calling anything short of mandatory on-package labeling unacceptable.
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Stop the Monsanto Wrecking Ball! Call Today!
The Organic Consumers Association asks readers to call the Senate Agriculture Committee as it meets on blocking state GMO labeling, and defends Vermont's law, which courts have upheld and which the group says sits alongside at least 100 other state food laws.
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Stop Monsanto's Wrecking Ball!
Fourteen of the 20 members of the Senate Agriculture Committee voted to send a bill to the floor that would wipe out Vermont's GMO labeling law, the Organic Consumers Association says. It asks for $250,000 by March 15, to be matched by Mercola.com.
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Call Your Senators Today! Tell Them No Compromise on GMO Labeling!
An alert asking readers to call 888-897-0174 and oppose Sen. Pat Roberts' bill, which would preempt Vermont's GMO labeling law and substitute federal voluntary labeling, plus any compromise that delays Vermont's July 1 law while industry rolls out QR-code SmartLabels.
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URGENT: Senate Introduces Bill to Block Vermont's GMO Labeling Law!
The Organic Consumers Association urges readers to contact their senators about Sen. Pat Roberts' bill, which would preempt Vermont's and other states' mandatory GMO labeling laws and replace them with a voluntary federal standard, and asks for donations to fight it.
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Back Stabbing in the GMO Labeling Movement?
The Organic Consumers Association reports that JustLabelIt chairman Gary Hirshberg, USDA's Tom Vilsack and Sen. Debbie Stabenow are brokering a compromise that would delay Vermont's GMO labeling law two years and let companies use QR codes. OCA calls the deal unacceptable.
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The DARK Act is back
An EWG action alert asking readers to tell their senators to oppose the DARK Act, which the group says would strip states of the power to require GMO labels and make the voluntary labeling system permanent.
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Tell Congress: Consumers Want the Right to Choose Raw Milk!
The Organic Consumers Association asks readers to back HR 4307 and HR 4308, which would bar the federal government from interfering with interstate raw milk shipments, or with trade between states where sale is already legal. Raw milk is the only food banned in US interstate commerce.
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Corn, Corruption, and the Presidential Caucuses - newsletter 020416 from Organic Consumers Association
The newsletter highlights Richard Manning's Harper's article on Iowa, which ties the state's corn, GMO soy and hog and chicken factory farms to polluted water, food that makes people sick, and corporate monopolies over the food system.
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