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Groups demand suspension of Keystone study over conflict allegations
2013-07-11 05:32:59| Energy - Topix.net
Environmental activist groups are demanding that the U.S. State Department suspend its assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline, alleging that the company hired to review Keystone is in conflict of interest with the pipeline's owner, TransCanada, and other oil companies.
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EPA Sued by Several Groups for Invasive Species Regulation, Pesticides and Emissions
2013-07-10 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: The first ten days of July have been ugly for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is being sued by a variety of organizations for allegedly not protecting the environment enough. Recent lawsuits brought against the EPA assert that the group's regulations on invasive species and pesticides are wanting, and a pending lawsuit contends that the group is not doing enough to regulate pollution form coal mines. Wednesday's news included the EPA being sued by the National Wildlife Federation,...
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Advocacy Groups to Dow Jones: South Korean Companya s Transgressions...
2013-07-10 03:15:31| Steel - Topix.net
United Against Nuclear Iran , the Cotton Campaign , and the International Network for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights have all separately written to Dow Jones' Chief Executive Officer, Lex Fenwick, and Chief Executive Officer of Dow Jones' sustainability indices partner, RobecoSAM, Michael Baldinger, to initiate a Media & Stakeholder Review ... (more)
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Hundreds of Ag Groups Request Farm Bill Be Reconsidered
2013-07-08 20:29:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC Over 500 agricultural organizations are asking House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to have the House of Representatives reconsider the farm bill this month. The organizations said in a letter to Boehner, Farm bills represent a delicate balance between Americas farm, nutrition, conservation and other priorities and, accordingly, require strong bipartisan support. It is vital for the House to try once again to bring together a broad coalition of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to provide certainty for farmers, rural America, the environment, and our economy in general, and pass a five-year farm bill upon returning in July. read more
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Groups tackle multiemployer plans' withdrawal liability
2013-07-08 06:37:27| Air Courier - Topix.net
As advocates for an increasingly stressed multiemployer defined benefit system seek permission from Congress for fundamental reforms, new ways to deal with the withdrawal liability issue are gaining attention.
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