Competitive Enterprise Institute

Nina Fedoroff: Mobilizing the authority of American science to back Monsanto

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Nina Fedoroff, PhD, is one of the most influential scientists advocating for the proliferation and deregulation of genetically engineered foods. As president and board chair of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) from 2011-2013, she used her position to advance policy objectives of the pesticide and biotechnology industries.  In 2015, Dr. Fedoroff Nina Fedoroff: Mobilizing the authority of American science to back Monsanto

AgBioChatter: Where Corporations, Academics Plotted Strategy on GMOs, Pesticides

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AgBioChatter is a private email listserver used by the agrichemical industry and its allies to coordinate messaging and lobbying activities. List members include pro-industry academics, senior agrichemical industry staff and public relations operatives. This internal Monsanto document identifies “Academics (AgBioChatter)” as a Tier 2 “industry partner” in Monsanto’s public relations plan to discredit the World AgBioChatter: Where Corporations, Academics Plotted Strategy on GMOs, Pesticides

How Not to Drain the Swamp

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The guys in the C-suites sure must be laughing today. They pulled a fast one on the American public. As the seating chart fills out for the incoming Trump administration, it becomes clear that Team Trump seeks to “drain the swamp ” in Washington by putting the swamp’s corporate lobbyists in charge. It’s party time How Not to Drain the Swamp