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US Senate Committee votes to lift ban on crude oil exports

2015-07-31 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology

US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has passed a bill supporting removal of the 40 year old ban for crude oil exports.

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Wyoming House Votes to End Ban on Teaching Climate Science as Settled Science

2015-01-27 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Journal: Wyoming's House of Representatives approved legislation Monday by a 39-21 vote that paves the way for public school educators to teach students that the climate is changing as a result of human activity. The bill, sponsored by Republican Rep. John Patton, repeals a measure that prevents the Wyoming State Board of Education from adopting a science curriculum that treats man-made climate change as scientific fact. Wyoming lawmakers enacted the ban as a footnote to a state budget approved last...

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Maui Votes To Ban GMOs

2014-11-05 22:30:47| Chemicals - Topix.net

Maui County voters opted Tuesday to temporarily ban the cultivation of genetically engineered crops after a hard-fought campaign featuring $8 million in advertising from some of the world's largest corn-seed producers. The ban passed by a narrow margin, with 50 percent in favor and 48 percent opposed.

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Birthplace America fracking boom votes to ban practice

2014-11-05 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The Texas town where Americas oil and natural gas boom began has voted to ban fracking, in a stunning rebuke to the industry. Denton, a college town on the edge of the Barnett Shale, voted by 59% to ban fracking inside the city limits, a first for any locality in Texas. Organisers said they hoped it would give a boost to anti-fracking activists in other states. More than 15 million Americans now live within a mile of an oil or gas well. It should send a signal to industry that if the people...

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