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LA City Council members suddenly oppose GMO ban after heavy lobbying by biotech industry
2015-01-08 07:52:16| Biotech - Topix.net
Los Angeles, where there are no known GMOs, may want to brace themselves for a change... and it isn't for the better. Just when a GMO ban for the city appeared to be favored by officials, a good ol' one-two switch took place when they suddenly expressed opposition.
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Anheuser-Busch hires Kit Bond's lobbying firm
2014-12-24 11:45:37| Beverages - Topix.net
Anheuser-Busch has hired Kit Bond Strategies to help it with its renewed push to pass the Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act.
Cargill's Millions in Campaign Gifts and Lobbying Brings in Billions of Federal Loot
2014-12-20 06:37:33| Food - Topix.net
Minnetonka-based Cargill, Inc., America's largest privately held corporation, has pocketed more than $1 billion in federal business as a result of its political pull. The Sunlight Foundation, a Washington, D.C. money-in-politics watchdog group, found that Cargill invested almost $10 million in campaign contributions and lobbying between 2007 and 2012, making it one of the Top 200 sugar daddies on Capitol Hill.
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New memoir shares details of lobbying for Kellogg
2014-12-16 17:52:35| Agriculture - Topix.net
Lobbyists aren't the most well liked people, but George Franklin, attorney and former lobbyist who became the Vice President of World Wide Government Relations for the Kellogg Company, would like to change your perception of them. Franklin is currently the head of Franklin Public Affairs in Kalamazoo and recently wrote a memoir about his time in Washington entitled "Raisin Bran and Other Cereals: 30 Years of Lobbying for the Most Famous Tiger in the World."
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Australia: Bishop steps up lobbying stop Great Barrier Reef listed 'danger'
2014-12-09 03:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Julie Bishop has intensified diplomatic efforts to avoid the Great Barrier Reef being deemed in danger, claiming any listing would set a very dangerous precedent that would affect other heritage sites around the world. Bishop, who arrived in Lima for climate change talks on Tuesday, will use the trip to escalate Australias lobbying of other nations to avert the Great Barrier Reef being downgraded by Unescos world heritage committee next year. The committee, comprised of experts from 20...
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