It supports a moratorium on the industry across the state until the recommendations of NSW's chief scientist, Mary O'Kane, are fully implemented and the industry is "proven to be safe".
Kate Sinding, a senior lawyer with the Natural Resources Defense Council, said it was the first time a state imposed a moratorium on the industry.
"Regardless of financial pressures that may have arisen from the DSM moratorium, the food industry is required to ensure their products are legally produced, safe to eat and are what they say on the label.
The most recent STD-related industry moratorium was issued in August 2012 as a result of a syphilis outbreak.
Another encouraging response came from Natural Resources and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, who promised an indefinite extension of the moratorium if the industry doesn't get its act together.
Once the moratorium was lifted, industry needed additional time to meet Interior's new requirements including, in particular, access to the equipment that ultimately saved the day for the Macondo well: a capping stack and specialized containment vessels.
The soy industry moratorium in the Amazon and the unequivocal support of the ethanol industry for a ban on any sugarcane in the Amazon forest (and Pantanal wetlands) are examples of the business community adopting mature positions and taking concrete steps to tackle our climate crisis.
The government has peeled away several safeguards that protect forests and people who live around them, lifted a moratorium on new industries in eight areas designated as "critically polluted," and reconfigured regulatory authorities to shrink the role of independent voices.
Uncertainty regarding the likelihood and consequences of harmful events has driven many local, regional, and national governments to issue warnings, regulations, and moratoriums on the industry [4],[5].
CSX, UP and the others lobbied hard for a 15-month merger moratorium to allow the industry to get its house in order.
