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Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Thursday, March 19, 2015 Monsanto to pay $350K to settle wheat-related lawsuits NEW YORK (AP) — Monsanto said Wednesday it will pay about $350,000 to settle class action lawsuits brought by farmers in seven states over genetically modi- ¿HGZKHDW The St. Louis company said Wednesday it will make donations of $50,000 to agri- cultural schools at land grant colleges in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. It will also reimburse the plaintiffs and their lawyers for a portion of the costs as- sociated with the case. The company said that under the terms of the settlement agree- ment it can’t disclose how much that will cost. The lawsuits relate to the discovery of genetically PRGL¿HG ZKHDW RQ D IDUP in Oregon in May 2013. The wheat had not been ap- proved, and after the discov- ery, Japan and South Korea temporarily suspended some wheat orders. The Europe- an Union called for tougher testing of shipments from the U.S. In November, Monsanto agreed to pay about $2.4 mil- lion to settle other lawsuits related to the incident. Most of the money will go into a fund to pay farmers in Wash- ington, Oregon and Idaho who sold soft white wheat between May 30 and Nov. 30, 2013. Monsanto Co. said one class action lawsuit remains active. That suit involves farmers in Arkansas, and Monsanto said it hopes to re- solve that litigation soon. The USDA said last year Wyoming grouse conservation could preserve area for birds that it believes the genetical- O\PRGL¿HGZKHDWLQ2UHJRQ was the result of an isolated incident and that there is no evidence of that wheat in commerce. The report said the government still doesn’t NQRZ KRZ WKH PRGL¿HG VHHGVJRWLQWRWKH¿HOGV 0RQVDQWR SRVWHG D SUR¿W RIELOOLRQLQLWVODVW¿V- cal year that ended Aug. 31, on sales of $15.86 billion. Its shares rose 32 cents to $117.16 on Wednesday, but they are down 1.9 percent in 2015. whether the greater sage grouse needs federal pro- tection under the Endan- CHEYENNE, Wyo. — gered Species Act. Even if Fish and Wild- A new system announced Wednesday to conserve life were to determine habitat for the greater sage protection is necessary, if grouse will start by making and when the greater sage 86 square miles of Wyo- grouse might be listed as ming ranchland available threatened or endangered for preservation through would remain an open arrangements with oil and question. Congress late gas companies and others last year voted to withhold who, in exchange, want to funding from Fish and develop the birds’ habitat Wildlife to list the species. The greater sage grouse elsewhere in the state. Eventually the sage is a chicken-sized bird grouse conservation bank whose numbers have dwin- announced Wednesday in dled by more than half Cheyenne could preserve since pre-settlement times. almost 1,100 square miles The bird ranges across 11 — a region about the size states, from California to of Rhode Island — through the Dakotas, and numbers a series of conservation no more than 500,000 to- easements. A conservation day. Wyoming is home to easement is a legally bind- ing agreement that gener- about 200,000 greater sage ally prohibits new devel- grouse, more than any oth- opment of wildlife habitat er state. Through the conser- on private land. The U.S. Fish and vation bank, developers Wildlife Service, state of wouldn’t necessarily offset Wyoming and the Sweet- an acre of developed habi- water River Conservancy tat with an acre conserved, cooperated to develop the but would purchase credits sage grouse conservation that represent land pre- bank. The conservancy served for sage grouse on owns several large, private the Sweetwater River Con- ranches on either side of servancy ranches. The Wyoming Stock 3DWK¿QGHU 5HVHUYRLU DQG in the Muddy Gap area be- Growers Land Trust, a land tween Casper and Rawlins. preservation arm of the The approach is an im- Wyoming Stock Growers portant one because 40 per- Association, would help cent of sagebrush habitat is to secure the conservation in private hands, said Fish easements. “This bank strikes a and Wildlife Service Dep- balance between conser- uty Director Jim Kurth. “There are people out vation of sage grouse and there that would say it’s a enabling oil and gas and victory if we have to list other development across sage grouse. We at the Fish Wyoming. It also secures and Wildlife Service cer- a large expanse of land tainly don’t feel that way,” with structured public ac- FHVV IRU KXQWLQJ ¿VKLQJ Kurth said. The announcement and other outdoor oppor- comes a little more than tunities,” Gov. Matt Mead six months before a Sept. said. Livestock grazing on 30 court-ordered deadline for the Fish and Wild- the ranchland will contin- life Service to determine ue, Mead pointed out. By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Starbucks CEO defends ‘Race Together’ after backlash NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on Wednesday defended the company’s new “Race Together” campaign that has been crit- icized for being naive and even using racial tensions to boost its bottom line. The chain, best known for its Frap- paccinos, will have U.S. workers write “Race Together” on cups. Starbucks also plans to start publishing “conver- sation guides” on the topic, with ques- tions like “How have your racial views evolved from those of your parents?” During its annual meeting in Seattle, Schultz said the company is trying to use its massive reach for good: “Some in the media will criticize Starbucks for having a political agenda. Our inten- tions are pure.” The campaign is the latest example of a big company trying to tie its brands to big social issues. The move comes as consumer brands acknowledge that cus- tomers are increasingly drawn to com- panies that project a feel-good image or embrace social causes. But it also illustrates how such ef- IRUWV FDQ IDOO ÀDW LI SHRSOH GRQ¶W VHH D clear correlation between the social cause and the company’s products. Af- ter it was announced early this week, the Starbucks’ campaign was widely ridiculed on social media by people who said it’s opportunistic and inappro- priate for a coffee chain to insert itself into such an important issue. Others questioned whether Starbucks execu- tives think the chain’s workers could spark productive conversations about race relations while serving lattes. An executive on Starbucks’ commu- nications team, Corey duBrowa, even blocked people on Twitter before tem- porarily taking down his account. Du- Browa later said in a post on Medium that he felt he was being “personally attacked in a cascade of negativity” and AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz speaks while photos of coffee cups with #RaceTogether written on them are projected behind him Wednesday at the coffee company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. Schultz said baristas in U.S. stores will be writing the words on cups served to customers in an effort to improve awareness of race relations. that he had gotten overwhelmed. At its annual meeting, Schultz said he didn’t think Starbucks would solve the country’s “centuries old problems of racism” but that he thinks it can make a difference. He said workers don’t have to participate, and that stores will make customers another drink or cover up cups if they don’t like the message. “This is not a marketing or P.R. exer- cise,” Schultz said. Laura Ries, a branding consultant based in Atlanta, said that addressing big, important issues of the day has become a way for companies to make themselves a part of the conversation. Otherwise, nobody is sitting around on Twitter discussing brands, she said. Dove soap has generated wide- spread praise for its campaign celebrat- ing “Real Beauty” by featuring women who don’t look like the typical models. 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