For years, the organic farming community has been outraged on the ability of companies like Monsanto, to sue farmers when their crops become contaminated with GMO crops, because they hadn’t paid for the GMO seeds, even though they didn’t want them. This week, the State Senate passed a bill sponsored by Senator Jen Metzger (SD42) that will help to protect New York farmers from lawsuits involving claims of possession or use of patented genetically engineered or genetically modified organisms (GMO) without paying for them.

“Farmers should not face time-consuming and expensive lawsuits when, through no fault of their own, their crops have been contaminated by GMOs,” explained Senator Metzger. “This bill will make it easier for farmers to defend themselves and for judges to dismiss frivolous claims.”

Finally a bill that makes sense!

The E.P.A. is Changing How it Measures Air Pollution, so it Won’t Look So Bad!

The Environmental Protection Agency, in order to not make the deaths caused by air pollution look so bad, has decided to change the way they calculate air pollution. The EPA wants to roll back protections and undo Obama’s Clean Power Plan, and this “new math” can be adopted by the Trump administration to convince people it is OK!

It’s infuriating!