Delegates assemble in St. Kitts-Nevis for CARIFORUM Council of Ministers meet
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts–The United Kingdom’s (UK’s) withdrawal from the European Union (EU), also known as “Brexit,” is an emerging trade issue that is of paramount concern for the Caribbean region. Against this backdrop, a number of government ministers and delegates…
Keys physicians petition, for bacterial safety cultures on Oxitec antibiotic dependent mosquito, 2016, was declined.
The following was a comment added to our story published February 12 2018 “US: Bug board convenes experts for advice”. We feel it should stand on its own as an article and therefore we have republished. The original is at:…
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Oxitec hopeful for GM mosquito release this year
BY KATIE ATKINS From FLKEYSNEWS There hasn’t been much talk of releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys for a while, but a trial could happen in the coming months. British biotech company Oxitec wants to release its genetically…
Solar installations
New US solar installations nearly doubled in 2016 By Daniel Cooper From engadget And the average price for a system fell by 20 percent. Yes, the head of the EPA did display a staggering level of ignorance about climate change,…
When is a mosquito not an insect? When it’s a pesticide
By MEGAN MOLTENI From Wired It took a decade for British biotech firm Oxitec to program a self-destruct switch into mosquitoes. Perfecting that genetic technology, timed to kill the insects before they could spread diseases like Zika and dengue fever,…
UK assures CARIFORUM it will honour EPA commitments
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The United Kingdom has assured the Caribbean Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) that, while it remains a member of the European Union (EU), trade will continue under the terms of the Economic Partnership…
Portugal and Spain wildfires: Death toll soars to dozens
From BBC The fires have spread through large areas of Portugal and Spain At least 31 people have died in a series of wildfires in Portugal, the country’s civil protection service says. A spokeswoman for the agency told reporters that…
EPA blasts Associated Press journalist over report about Houston superfund sites
By Maxwell Tani From Business Insider The Environmental Protection Agency on Sunday released a lengthy statement condemning a recent Associated Press report that said the regulator was nowhere to be found at dangerous, potentially toxic sites submerged by flooding in…
EPA head Pruitt spent $12,000 of taxpayer money traveling home this spring — but has yet to visit any of his regional offices
By Madeleine Sheehan Perkins From Business Insider A new report from a watchdog group found that Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt spent $12,ooo of taxpayer money traveling home this spring, but hasn’t visited his regional offices yet. The Environmental…
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Caribbean Export, the CARIFORUM Directorate and the EU support firms in Leveraging the EPA
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, July 13, 2017. Supporting CARIFORUM firms to leverage the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is at the forefront of the Caribbean Export Development Agency’s work programme as they implement the 11th EDF Regional Private Sector Development Programme (RPSDP)…
