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Pacific trade negotiators close in on landmark deal, fight for approval to follow
2015-10-05 14:18:02| Biotech - Topix.net
A dozen Pacific Rim nations prepared on Monday to announce the most sweeping trade liberalization pact in a generation, a deal that could reshape industries and influence everything from the price of cheese to the cost of cancer treatments. The Trans-Pacific Partnership seeks to cut trade barriers and set common standards for 40 percent of the world economy and would stand as a legacy-defining achievement for U.S. President Barack Obama, if it is ratified by Congress.
11 TV Hill: What's the city's game plan to fight crime?
2015-10-05 00:26:23| Energy - Topix.net
Through Sept. 17, 238 people have been killed in Baltimore, which is a figure that's up from 152 a year ago.
These Emails Show Monsanto Leaning on Professors to Fight the Gmo PR War
2015-10-03 18:08:44| Biotech - Topix.net
For a blockbuster recent piece , the New York Times' Eric Lipton got a first look a massive cache of private emails between prominent public university scientists and GMO industry executives and flacks. The emails came to light through a barrage of controversial Freedom of Information Act requests by U.S. Right to Know , which is funded by the scrappy, anti-corporate Organic Consumers Association.
Why Tom Steyer's latest fight against climate change involves raising own cattle
2015-10-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Kat Taylor runs a ranch in Pescadero, Calif., with her husband, billionaire Tom Steyer, where they are determined to prove that unconventional methods of raising cattle can yield surprisingly profitable - and sustainable - results. Kat Taylor runs a ranch in Pescadero, Calif., with her husband, billionaire Tom Steyer, where they are determined to prove that unconventional methods of raising cattle can yield surprisingly profitable - and sustainable - results. Tom Steyer`s crusade to force politicians...
SE Asia seeks new strategy fight slash and burn haze problem
2015-10-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irrawaddy: As a blanket of haze, caused by thick smoke from forest fires in Indonesia, covers parts of Southeast Asia, the region is struggling to find an effective response to the problem, experts said. The haze has caused health problems, flight delays and school closures across Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore in what has become an annual ordeal that has defied attempts by governments, businesses and green groups to tackle it. At the heart of the problem are palm oil plantation owners, who use cheap...
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