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Ismena Clout loses battle with breast cancer
2014-09-15 15:30:00| BIFM News
Ismena Clout, BIFM’s immediate past chairman and well-known and respected figure in FM, passed away today. Clout had been fighting an on-going battle with secondary breast cancer which led her to step down 3 months early in her role as Chairman in April.
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Cargill fires first shot in legal battle over GMO trade responsibility
2014-09-15 02:06:51| Chemicals - Topix.net
Cargill Inc's [CARG.UL] lawsuit against Syngenta AG over rejections of genetically modified U.S. corn by China may be just the start of legal challenges against global seed makers over trade with one of the world's biggest markets. Trading giant Cargill said in court documents on Friday that it had lost more than $90 million because Syngenta sold Agrisure Viptera corn, known as MIR 162, to U.S. farmers without first obtaining import approval from China, which has turned away boatloads of U.S. crops containing the variety over the past year.
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Cargill fires first shot in legal battle over GMO trade responsibility
2014-09-15 00:00:40| Agriculture - Topix.net
Trading giant Cargill said in court documents on Friday that it had lost more than $90 million because Syngenta sold Agrisure Viptera corn, known as MIR 162, to U.S. farmers without first obtaining import approval from China, which has turned away boatloads of U.S. crops containing the variety over the past year. The lawsuit will be a test case of who is ultimately responsible for such rejections that damage international trade: the seed companies that develop unapproved GMO traits or the merchants who sell grain that may be contaminated with it.
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Cargill fires first shot in legal battle over GMO trade responsibility
2014-09-14 23:45:01| Food - Topix.net
Trading giant Cargill said in court documents on Friday that it had lost more than $90 million because Syngenta sold Agrisure Viptera corn, known as MIR 162, to U.S. farmers without first obtaining import approval from China, which has turned away boatloads of U.S. crops containing the variety over the past year. The lawsuit will be a test case of who is ultimately responsible for such rejections that damage international trade: the seed companies that develop unapproved GMO traits or the merchants who sell grain that may be contaminated with it.
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Crews battle out-of-control wildfire as Southern California bakes
2014-09-13 23:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of firefighters spent a second day on Saturday battling a wildfire burning out of control in a national forest southeast of Los Angeles, as the region baked under triple-digit temperatures that prompted authorities to issue a "heat alert." The so-called Silverado Fire, which broke out in the Cleveland National Forest on Friday morning, had charred some 1,600 acres (647 hectares) by Saturday afternoon as it burned through brush and chaparral left bone dry by California's record drought....
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