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Did Mayor Undermine Kauai Council's Legal Fight Against Biotech Giants?
2013-11-03 00:12:03| Biotech - Topix.net
He garnered a lot of attention Thursday when he vetoed a GMO and pesticide disclosure bill that has the overwhelming support of the Garden Island's County Council.
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Hawaii's Kauai Island moves to curb gene-altered crops, pesticide testing
2013-10-16 17:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Lawmakers on the tropical island of Kauai, Hawaii, on Wednesday approved a hotly contested measure aimed at reining in widespread pesticide use by companies testing new genetically modified crops on the island. The Kauai County Council passed the bill by a vote of six to one after months of protests by islanders and mainland U.S. groups who wanted to see a range of broad controls on the global agrichemical companies that have found the island's tropical climate ideal for year-round testing of new...
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Monument to Kauai sugar industry hauled down
2013-01-17 06:50:54| Sugar Industry News
Lyle Tabata stood with co-workers Tuesday afternoon outside the Lihue Civic Center, about a quarter-mile from the former Lihue Sugar Mill on Kauai, and watched as contractors tore down the mill\'s historic smokestack, a symbol of Hawaii\'s bygone sugar plantation era.
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