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Obama Approves Minimum Wage Hike for Federal Construction, Services Contractors
2014-02-12 22:15:30| ENR.com: Headline News
Impact on construction firms may be limited, because wages generally exceed new directive's $10.10 level.
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President Obama Signs 2014 Farm Bill
2014-02-10 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson has said the president’s signature on the 2014 Farm Bill brings closure to a 'long process of negotiations, sacrifice and compromise'.
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Bill McKibben to Obama: Say no to big oil
2014-02-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bill Moyers: After the State Department issued a long-awaited environmental impact statement on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline last week, environmentalists and those opposed to the 1,179-mile pipeline have intensified their push for the Obama administration to reject the project. This week, Bill Moyers talks with Bill McKibben, an activist who has dedicated his life to saving the planet from environmental collapse, about his hopes that Americans will collectively pressure Obama to stand up to big oil....
McKibben: We 'Dont Trust' Obama on Climate Change
2014-02-08 00:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Common Dreams: 'People don't trust him on [the climate change] issue,' said Bill McKibben (r) while speaking with Bill Moyers about President Obama and the Keystone XL. 'He's done some good things, but his record is mixed at best.' (Source: Moyers Media)In an interview with veteran journalist Bill Moyers set to air Friday evening, author and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben, a key voice in the climate justice movement, says that President Obama's looming decision to approve or reject the Keystone XL tar sands will...
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Bill McKibben to President Obama: Say No to Big Oil
2014-02-07 19:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In an interview with Moyers & Company, author and environmental activist Bill McKibben tells Bill Moyers that many who believed Barack Obama in 2008 when he called for ending the tyranny of the oil industry are about to find out whether or not they were right to believe. McKibben said President Obama is theoretically a good environmentalist, but in practice stood aside and opened up the Arctic to drilling, opened up huge swaths of offshore America to more oil drilling, opened up the Powder...
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