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New science-based study looks at who's really leading on climate
2013-12-20 11:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The nonprofit group Climate Counts has taken a science-based approach to answering the question "how good is good enough" when it comes to corporate action on climate change. A new study, released this week, analysed the greenhouse gas emissions of 100 companies against science-based targets that seek to limit climate change to 2 degrees Celsius above the levels prevailing in the pre-industrial period. That's the threshold scientists (and most world leaders) have agreed we must not cross to avoid...
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Science-Based Trade Decisions vs. Russia/China Ractopamine Actions
2013-03-07 15:41:00| National Hog Farmer
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) provides an in-depth analysis to help explain some of the details behind recent decisions by Russia and China to restrict imports of pork and beef from the United States. read more
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Russia/China Actions Renew Debate on Science-based Trade
2013-03-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
RUSSIA & CHINA - The big news in the meat industry in recent weeks has involved two leading export markets - Russia and China. Neither country allows the production, sale or use of the two beta agonists that are registered for use in the United States, and in the past few months both have taken steps to enforce their bans on beta agonist residues in imported pork and beef, according to an analysis by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF).
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