Of course, the ruling brought immediate howls from anti-biotechnology crusaders and fringe activist groups.
Activist groups have long used Web sites, grass-roots email campaigns and videos to publicize their causes.
This achieves many goals of eco-communitarianism, the driving philosophical force behind most of these activist groups.
Community activist groups like ACORN were similarly bought and paid for through large donations to their causes.
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Most Americans would celebrate the news, but the Sierra Club and other environmental activist groups are protesting it.
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They speculated that consumer activist groups could use smart tags viruses to cause havoc at stores they are targeting.
But both evolution and climate science have become controversial flashpoints, spawning activist groups that are working to undermine science.
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Yet, some activist groups are singling out the technique in a scramble to blame corporations for poisoning our drinking water.
It is surprising, then, that the firm should now be under attack from activist groups on both sides of the Atlantic.
The lesson for New York should be clear, but continues to be obscured in the disinformational fog generated by these activist groups.
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According to environmental activist groups, hydraulic fracturing puts drinking water at risk.
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But as GMOs have gained favor with the science community, the focus of activist groups shifted and a new culprit was identified: neonicotinoids.
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We've been speaking to activist groups on different continents about how we could pool the community and our learnings to make a difference.
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Under intense pressure from activist groups, Congress authorized a task force to evaluate food advertising and suggest possible restrictions for children 2 to 17.
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As investigative journalist Donna Laframboise reports, most of the 13 senior scientists controlling the draft report are prominently associated with environmental activist groups.
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The United Nations estimates at least 9, 000 people have since died in the conflict, while activist groups put the death toll at more than 11, 000.
Activist groups have responded with snide remarks and increasingly draconian proposals.
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It referred to widespread criticism of summary reports for lack of objectivity on the part of IPCC staffers from environmental activist groups such as Greenpeace and Environmental Defense.
Already, several shareholder activist groups of generally liberal persuasion, including labor unions like the AFL-CIO, are planning to compile detailed studies and "rate" funds on their voting record.
Activist groups and no-profits are players in this dynamic, too.
Predictably, environmental activist groups argued against the pipeline, asserting that we should be weaning ourselves off of oil rather than taking steps to make it more available and affordable.
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With the November release from house arrest of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, activist groups have called an end to a 15-year tourism boycott of the military-ruled country.
It's a complicated question that has become infinitely more complex in the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which allowed corporations to start donating directly to activist groups.
If we are to believe all the sky-is-falling claims of environmental activist groups, it is time for them to put their money where their mouth is and support natural gas production.
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For all the lofty words about accountability, did the drafters of our public-disclosure laws really intend them to be used by activist groups to get people fired for holding unfashionable views?
In contrast to automakers, look at how the beer industry responded to activist groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving, which began targeting the alcoholic beverage companies about three decades ago.
The Sierra Club and other environmental activist groups have sent a letter to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie urging him to sign legislation banning the production of natural gas through hydraulic fracturing techniques.
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FracFocus was never designed to serve as a comprehensive data gathering tool for activist groups whose real desire is to shut down the most significant economic-driving engine America has seen over the last decade.
The organic industry boasts that certified foods cannot contain GE ingredients, and various food companies and activist groups have created websites, pocket guides, and even smart phone apps that direct purchasers to GE-free products.
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