je.st
news
Tag: vote
Polar bear vote defeated at meeting
2013-03-07 13:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A proposal by the US to ban cross-border trade in polar bears and their parts was defeated on Thursday at an international meeting. The result marks a victory for Canada's indigenous Inuit people over their bigger neighbour to the south. Delegates at the Cites meeting in Thailand rejected the proposal to change the bear's status from a species whose trade is regulated, not banned. A similar proposal was defeated three years ago at the last Cites meeting. The latest plan fell far short...
Lobbying intensifies ahead of vote on sugar quotas
2013-03-07 07:22:59| Sugar Industry News
A lobbying campaign by the food and drink industry and by farmers\' groups is under way in the European Parliament ahead of a plenary vote next week (13 March) on sugar quotas.
Tags: vote
ahead
sugar
lobbying
EU to vote on porn ban, calls for Internet enforcement
2013-03-07 00:36:37| CNET News.com
In a severe threat to online freedoms in the region, the European Parliament is set to vote in the next week on "a ban on all forms of pornography in the media." [Read more]
Tags: internet
vote
calls
enforcement
Fracking foes ask for Lafayette moratorium, vote of residents
2013-03-06 23:25:47| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Anti-fracking activists turned up the heat on elected leaders Tuesday night, submitting a petition with nearly 1,000 signatures that demands an immediate moratorium on any new drilling activity in the city.
Tags: of
vote
residents
lafayette
NFU in Final Push Ahead of Historic CAP Vote
2013-03-06 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - The NFU is asking UK MEPs to fight for a simple, fair, competitive and productive Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) when they take part in a crucial and historic vote on the future of EU farm policy.
Sites : [217] [218] [219] [220] [221] [222] [223] [224] [225] [226] [227] [228] [229] [230] [231] [232] [233] [234] [235] [236] next »