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Loopholes for Catholic Schools?
2014-05-01 03:54:38| Trucking - Topix.net
That's the question facing Catholic school administrators throughout the U.S. as they set policies and contracts for the 2014-15 school year.
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Test loopholes take gloss off Europe's cleaner cars
2014-04-30 14:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: New cars sold in the European Union were four percent cleaner in 2013 than the previous year, data from the European Environment Agency (EEA) showed on Wednesday, although environmental campaigners said the improvement was exaggerated. The decline in carbon dioxide emissions from cars to an average of 127 grams per kilometer (g/km) means car-makers easily achieved the European Union target of cutting emissions to 130 g/km two years ahead of a 2015 deadline. Set in 2008, that target was Europe's...
EPA Loopholes Allow Biomass to Emit More Toxic Air Pollutants Than Coal, Study Says
2014-04-09 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: A new study charges that government regulations for biomass plants are riddled with loopholes that allow wood-burning facilities to spew more toxic emissions in the air than coal-fired power plants. The findings are refueling a controversy over whether biomass should be treated by regulators as a renewable energy fuel and able to qualify for green incentives, or be treated as a fossil fuel like coal. The study, conducted by the Massachusetts-based Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI), found that...
Tax Cut on Pig Meat in Hungary to Close Legal Loopholes
2014-01-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
HUNGARY - With effect from 1 January, the value added tax (VAT) on live pigs and half carcasses has been reduced from 27 per cent to five per cent.
Farm Payment Loopholes
2013-10-21 18:04:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congress should consider modifying the definition of significant contributions of management activities, either as it did in recent deliberations on reauthorizing the farm bill or in other ways designed to make contributions more clear and objective. This was the findings from a report requested by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to look at the Farm Service Agencys compliance reviews of farm operation members claimed contributions of active personal management and personal labor. read more
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