Monsanto Voted America
- by Beth Buczynski April 1, 2012 9:22 am
The votes have been tallied, and for the
corporations chosen as America
Just in time for April Fool’s Day,
GreenAmerica.org announced the winners of its online contest to determine the
most socially, economically and environmentally irresponsible companies in the
nation. And the results are as follows:
1. Agricultural and chemical giant Monsanto
2. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
3. Oil and gas powerhouse Chevron
2. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
3. Oil and gas powerhouse Chevron
Why do these three deserve such recognition?
Monsanto created Agent
Orange, DDT, and engaged in massive aerial spraying of Round-Up as a
drug-war tactic. They are also responsible for pushing unlabeled and untested genetically
modified crops into our food supply.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has benefited
hugely from the Citizens
United Supreme Court decision. It regularly spends millions of dollars for
television and radio advertisements for or against candidates and is not
required to disclose its donors.
Over three decades of oil drilling in the
Ecuadorian Amazon, Chevron has dumped more than 18 billion gallons of toxic
wastewater into the rainforest. As a result, locals have suffered a wave of
cancers, miscarriages, and birth defects. Last year, an Ecuadorian court ruled
in favor of local communities and ordered
Chevron to pay $18 billion in cleanup and restoration efforts. Chevron is
STILL fighting the decision in court.
To honor Monsanto as the nation’s biggest
corporate fool, a donation was made in the name of Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant to
Navdanya, an organization in India
that has worked with 5,000,000 farmers to create seed sovereignty, food
sovereignty and sustainable agriculture over the past two decades, and helped
set up the largest direct-marketing fair trade, organic network in the country.
The Corporate Fool awards were presented
in person to Monsanto, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Chevron on Friday.
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