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Ohio district votes to close a middle school

2013-11-22 20:07:00| American School & University

Wiley Middle in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights district will close at the end of 2013-14 Schoolhouse Beat read more

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Struggling district in rural Kansas votes to close elementary

2013-11-22 18:31:00| American School & University

3 of the 7 members of the Cherokee (Kan.) school board resign before closing vote is taken. Schoolhouse Beat read more

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Election 2013: What takeaways from votes on marijuana taxes, GMO foods?

2013-11-07 03:04:38| Grocery - Topix.net

A cyclist rides past a car with a figurine of a soybean crossed with a fish on top of of it in front of a Whole Foods Market in downtown Seattle, on Election Day, Nov. 5. The vehicle was promoting a Yes vote on Initiative 522, which would require the labeling of food that contains genetically modified ingredients.

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United Kingdom: House of Lords votes to bring old coal power stations under new regulations

2013-11-05 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The House of Lords has voted to kill off Britain's coal-fired power plants more quickly than expected as Labour defeated the government in a vote to amend the energy bill. Peers led by shadow energy minister Lady Worthington supported the closure of a loophole allowing some of the UK's oldest coal stations to get around applying a new emissions performance standard (EPS) to cut their carbon emissions. The government was defeated by 237 to 193, as the Lords voted to bring old coal power stations...

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