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House Passes Farm Bill during Contentious Session
2013-07-12 12:51:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Delta Farm Press & The Hill The U.S. House of Representatives passed a scaled back farm bill on Thursday afternoon, though the process was somewhat messy. The bill was stripped of the Nutrition Title, and passed on a 216 to 208 vote. read more
House hearing on new HOS - contentious;' trucking, Congressmen question common sense of rule
2013-06-19 11:04:09| Trucking - Topix.net
Thirty months after the notice of proposed rulemaking was issued, 18 months after the Final Rule was issued and two weeks before the compliance date for two new key and controversial provisions, the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure gathered together six Hours of Service stakeholders in ... (more)
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International Carbon Markets Expanding but Still Contentious
2013-04-11 01:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Nascent carbon emissions-trading exchanges in several countries are increasingly looking at options to interlink with one another, which advocates say would offer investors long-term stability, increase revenues for the development of renewable energy and strengthen corporate support for climate policy. Yet critics warn that so-called cap-and-trade systems are inefficient and create incentives for polluting industries to continue with business as usual. They also warn that the new systems in the...
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RBC scrambles to explain hiring practices to Canadians after contentious report
2013-04-08 08:05:24| IT Services - Topix.net
The Royal Bank of Canada was scrambling to explain its hiring practices to customers Sunday after a media report claiming the bank was employing foreign workers to replace Canadian staff prompted a flood of outrage.
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