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Safeway gives $3 million in grants to fight childhood obesity
2013-09-18 18:03:30| Grocery - Topix.net
The Safeway Foundation announced this week that it has given a cumulative total of over $3 million to community health programs and hospitals to launch grass-roots projects for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity.
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Amid drought, a water fight spills into legal territory
2013-09-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As Texas' rivers run dry and lakes fall to record low levels, part of the fight over water supplies is moving underground. Neighbors who pump water from the same formations beneath their land have long argued over that water. But the stakes are rising as cities and industries see groundwater as a solution to the demands of explosive population growth. But Texas law governing groundwater is murky, and a recent state appeals court decision signals that only years of expensive legal battles will...
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Civil rights panel members urge rejection in Hawaiian tribal status fight
2013-09-17 22:46:02| Airlines - Topix.net
Members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights are urging President Obama to reject Democratic requests to grant tribal status to Native Hawaiians by executive order, saying the unilateral move would be "unwise and unconstitutional."
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The Washington fight over food labeling matters to Oregonians
2013-09-17 06:01:38| Chemicals - Topix.net
By Rick North of Durham, Oregon. Rick is the former executive vice president of the Oregon American Cancer Society and former project director of the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility's Campaign For Safe Food.
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Plan for flexibility in blackgrass fight, advises Dow AgroSciences
2013-09-14 22:37:41| Chemicals - Topix.net
Cereal farmers planning their campaign against blackgrass this autumn should aim for flexibility in the programmes they adopt, advises Dow AgroSciences.
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