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[https://grist.org/food/block-party-are-activists-thwarting-gmo-innovation/ by Nathanael Johnson 19/12/13 Grist] | [https://grist.org/food/block-party-are-activists-thwarting-gmo-innovation/ by Nathanael Johnson 19/12/13 Grist] | ||
When I point out to a genetic-engineering enthusiast that the technology hasn’t lived up to its hype, I often hear the same rejoinder: “We’d have all sorts of amazing transgenics out there if it weren’t for the bans and oppressive regulations.” | When I point out to a genetic-engineering enthusiast that the technology hasn’t lived up to its hype, I often hear the same rejoinder: “We’d have all sorts of amazing transgenics out there if it weren’t for the bans and oppressive regulations.” | ||
=====Does cap-and-trade produce technological innovation?===== | |||
[https://grist.org/climate-policy/does-cap-and-trade-produce-technological-innovation/ by David Roberts 19/3/12 Grist] | |||
Cap-and-trade is dead, but some folks never tire of kicking the corpse. Corpse kickers received a boost last week from a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which purported to show that cap-and-trade programs “do not provide sufficient incentives for energy technology innovation.” | |||
