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State prisons settle rice suit, to get $1.3 million
2014-01-30 14:57:17| Chemicals - Topix.net
The Arkansas Department of Correction will get $1.3 million as a part of a settlement reached with divisions of the Pittsburgh-based Bayer Corp. in a lawsuit the department filed against Bayer for purported damage to the department's rice crop caused by genetically engineered rice in the commercial rice supply.
US Steel Gets State Permits For Minntac Expansion
2014-01-30 00:13:59| Steel - Topix.net
United States Steel Corp. has now received the state permits it needs to expand its Minntac mine at Mountain Iron but is waiting on one remaining federal permit.
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Obama Renews Call to Curb Carbon Emissions in State of the Union Address
2014-01-29 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama renewed his call to curb US carbon emissions and promised a shift toward cleaner energy production practices in the US. Obama cited the need to continue reducing carbon emissions produced by burning fossil fuels, an echo from the State of the Union address a year ago when he promised he would start tackling climate change with, or without, the help of Congress. "Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total...
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Collaborative Issues 'State of the Smart Grid Consumer' Report
2014-01-29 16:55:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Though there remains a gap between consumer desires and their experience with the smart grid, key trends indicate a strong opportunity to close the gap in 2014. read more
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Obama touches on NSA reform in State of the Union address
2014-01-29 13:28:52| InfoWorld: Top News
U.S. President Barack Obama repeated his call to reform intelligence surveillance programs, saying U.S. intelligence agencies need the trust of people inside and outside the country, during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. Obama promised to work with the U.S. Congress to reform surveillance programs, presumably those at the U.S. National Security Agency exposed in the past eight months by leaker Edward Snowden. "The vital work of our intelligence community depends on public confidence here and aboard, that privacy of ordinary people is not being violated," Obama said.
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