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Law Library of Congress Publishes Report on Selected Issues in Biotechnology Regulation

Nanotech

The comparative summary provides the following information: The post Law Library of Congress Publishes Report on Selected Issues in Biotechnology Regulation appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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Council of the EU Agrees on Negotiating Mandate on Plants Obtained by New Genomic Techniques

Nanotech

The Council of the European Union (EU) announced on March 14, 2025, that the Committee of the Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States to the EU (Coreper) endorsed the Councils negotiating mandate on the regulation on plants obtained by new genomic techniques (NGT) and their food and feed.

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Canada to Recognize Right to a Healthy Environment

Manning Law

The Government of Canada announced today that it will modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) and, in so doing, will recognize Canadians’ right to a healthy environment. In Canada, jurisdiction to regulate the environment is shared between the provinces and the Federal Government.

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Dr. Marlen Vasquez – We have overcome the most challenging issues, now we need to speed up the process #WomeninScience

Frontiers

You’re an academic now, but you have also worked as a secondary school teacher, a health inspector and a researcher in the government. Through my studies I was able to educate at secondary school level, become a water regulator, address policy issues, and perform research directed at solving policy-implementation issues.

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GAO Publishes Science & Tech Spotlight on Biorecycling of Plastics

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a Science & Tech Spotlight on biorecycling of plastics. To what extent do current laws and regulations appropriately address concerns regarding the industrial use of engineered enzymes for biorecycling, while still allowing for their development? Bergeson and Carla N.

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Six Things to Know about Rights of Nature

Legal Planet

The problem is that focusing on the challenges of litigation risks overlooking the second RoN strategy, one that may prove much more important in the USA over time — RoN through Governance. Instead, national legislation has created a governance structure for a forest, river, and lagoon. But, even here, the challenge remains.

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OSTP Publishes RFIs on Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology and National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative

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As reported in our September 13, 2022, blog item , on September 12, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order creating a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative (NBBI) to accelerate biotechnology innovation and grow America’s bioeconomy across multiple sectors in industries such as health, agriculture, and energy.