ETC's reports and articles

Syns of Omission

Civil Society Organizations Respond to Report on Synthetic Biology Governance from the J. Craig Venter Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 16 Oct 2007

Press Release: Broad International Coalition Issues Urgent Call for Strong Oversight of Nanotechnology

Over Forty Groups Release Fundamental Principles for Nanotech Oversight, Citing Risks to the Public, Workers, and the Environment 30 Jul 2007

The G(e)nomes of Zurich: Civil Society Calls for Urgent Controls on Synthetic Life

24 Jun 2007

Die G(e)nome von Zürich

Internationale Organisationen verlangen Kontrollen für die Synthetische Biologie 24 Jun 2007

Planktos’s commercial ocean iron fertilization carbon-trading gambit: Brakes on Flakes

Intergovernmental scientific body fires shot across geoengineer’s bow 21 Jun 2007

Dumping on Gaia

Claiming to protect the planet from greenhouse gases, geo-engineer, Planktos, Inc., is poised to dump iron in waters off the Galapagos Islands and thumbing its nose at the International Maritime Organization and the US government 18 Jun 2007

Suicide-Seed Sequel: EU’s “Transcontainer” Turns Terminator into Zombie

12 Jun 2007

Synthia’s last hurdle?

Synthia – the “Original Syn” artificial microbe – may have jumped a hurdle that Dolly – the cloned sheep – never could 6 Jun 2007