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Colorado Ag Faces Devastating Energy Cost Hike

2013-05-09 21:42:00| Beef

It was one of those high-minded bills intended to encourage renewable energy. Instead it essentially calls for more than doubling over the next 20 years the percentage of energy that Colorado rural cooperatives would have to acquire from renewable sources. What are our legislators thinking? My View From The Country read more

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AMI Says Proposed COOL Fix Could Have Devastating Consequences

2013-04-11 12:08:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: American Meat Institute A USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) March 12 proposed rule on country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for meat and poultry products that claims to bring the U.S. into compliance with its obligations under the World Trade Organization (WTO) is far more burdensome than the original 2009 rule now in effect and should be withdrawn, according to American Meat Institute (AMI) comments filed yesterday. Current COOL rules prompted a complaint to the WTO by Canada and Mexico and a ruling that the U.S. is indeed violating its WTO obligations. read more

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British butterflies suffer devastating year after 2012's wet summer

2013-03-26 07:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Fewer butterflies flew in British skies in the miserable summer of 2012 than for thousands of years, leaving several species in danger of extinction from parts of the country. The country's most endangered butterfly, the high brown fritillary, saw its small population slump by 46%, while another rare species, the black hairstreak, fell by 98%, as 300,000 fewer butterflies were recorded on the wing compared with 2011. The wettest ever year recorded in England was equally damaging for once common...

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Cyprus's devastating rescue

2013-03-25 08:19:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The bailout and rescue of Cyprus by the eurozone and IMF will not feel like much of a rescue to its people, who face economic misery, says our business editor.

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