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Transport Vehicles Pose Greatest Risk for Spreading PEDV

2013-11-28 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - The producer services manager with Sask Pork is encouraging pork producers to pay particular attention to the cleanliness of trucks entering their farms to minimize the risk of their herds becoming infected by Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus, writes Bruce Cochrane.

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IEA sees global carbon pricing spreading with China scheme

2013-11-13 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The share of global emissions subject to carbon pricing policies is on course to rise to around 33 percent in 2035 from about 8 percent last year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its 2013 World Energy Outlook on Tuesday. Pricing carbon is aimed at encouraging energy producers and industry to switch to greener energy and away from burning fossil fuels. As well as the European Union's current Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the IEA said it expected China to launch carbon pricing...

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After Losing a Court Ruling, The Sugar Industry Keeps Spreading Misinformation

2013-10-18 10:43:55| Sugar Industry News

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A federal court in California recently ruled that a lawsuit seeking to hold The Sugar Association responsible for perpetuating myths and confusion about high fructose corn syrup will proceed. The suit, a counterclaim filed by member companies of the Corn Refiners Association, who were originally sued by The Sugar Association and its members in 2011, alleges that the sugar industry's trade group engaged in a campaign to denigrate HFCS and confuse consumers by spreading misinformation that is not backed by credible science. On September 16, a federal judge ruled that the counterclaim and a related "unclean hands" defense would go forward, denying sugar industry's motions to strike and dismiss.

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