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{{U}}Environmentalists and activists accused the world’s rich nations of managing a global conference on genetically modified foods to calm public fears.{{/U}} Activists said a three-day Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development conference on GM foods which began on Monday in Scotland was little more than an apology for the global biotechnology industry.
A handful of environmental grofips such as Green Peace and Friends of the Earth were invited to the conference, as well as one scientist known for his opposition to GM foods and an outspoken consumer rights group.
(62) {{U}}But activists said that was not enough to counter dozens of representatives from biotechnology companies and scientists keen to promote research and commercialization of GM crops and foods.{{/U}}
(63) {{U}}"The overall weight of the conference is skewed toward scientists and industry, officials who are in favor of GM foods.{{/U}}" Robin Harper. a Green

[填空题]Environmentalists have worked enthusiastically to urge governments from different nations to cooperate in protecting the earth.

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Who wants a sustainable lifestyle Well actually quite a lot of people,apparently. Far from being a niche concept,a major new study on sustainability from the UNEP says the idea is "misunderstood as a rich nation choice".
While the desire to enjoy western living standards is strong, the study picks out a range of sustainable living ideas being developed across the world. It says one of the biggest barriers to more people achieving them may be how we celebrate and communicate these ideas.
Most definitions of sustainable lifestyles talk about three key areas; minimal environmental impact, not undermining the carrying capacity of resources (i. e. using only those that are renewable or replaceable over time)an(t helping people interact with the communities and places in which they live.
But, as the UNEP study points out,"people will only change their lifestyles in exchange
A. Sustainable lifestyles.
B. Material possessions.
C. Societal benefits.
D. Social relationships.

[填空题]Businessmen and environmentalists often disagree on ______ (经济发展是否会).

[单项选择]Radical environmentalists have blamed pollutants and synthetic chemicals in pesticides for the disruption of human hormones.
A. disturbance
B. distraction
C. intersection
D. interpretation

[单项选择] Some prominent environmentalists—as well as Senators McCain and Lieberman, who back legislation to reduce carbon dioxide (二氧化碳c) emissions (排放)—are supporting further development of nuclear power to serve as an emission-free bridge to an economy based entirely on renewable energy. "It’’s not that something new and important and good had happened with nuclear, it’’s mat something new and important and bad has happened with climate change," says environmentalist Stewart Brand, who recently authored a controversial article on the topic in the May issue of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’’s Technology Review. Brand has joined a small but growing cadre of environmentalists, which includes Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies dean James Gustave Speth and World Resources Institute head Jonathan Lash, in promoting new, cleaner, safer nuclear technologies as a solution to the frustrating problem of how to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels (矿石燃料) before solar
A. Nuclear power is the only renewable energy for the time being.
B. Solar energy and wind energy are more expensive than nuclear energy.
C. The development of nuclear power will help with the alleviation of global warming.
D. The dependence on fossil fuels is risky for the nation.

[填空题]Environmentalists hold the view that growing GM crops affect ______.