U.S. court cuts off appeals in Monsanto alfalfa case

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday left in place an injunction barring Monsanto Co from selling its Roundup Ready alfalfa seed until the government completes an environmental impact study on how the genetically modified product could affect neighboring crops.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the company's request for a rehearing of its appeal and said it would accept no more petitions for rehearing in the three-year-old case.
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by William Hughes-Games - Jul. 6, 2009

A quick sketch of a limited aspect of Monsanto today. There is much more of interest that could have been dealt with.

Monsanto is the architypical example of an amoral company. Anything that can be done to slow them down or stop them is positive. Google search the saga of how they sued an adjacent organic rape seed farm when Monsanto's Rape seed pollen contaminated his crop. They sued him for stealing their genetic material.

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