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Fuels battle heats up as Congress mulls law change
2013-04-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Des Moines Register: The battle between U.S. ethanol producers and oil companies has reached a turning point, with the winners poised to gain an advantage over the future of the countrys energy mix and the losers forced to cede profits and jobs to their bitter rival. Ground zero of the battle is the countrys Renewable Fuel Standard an 8-year-old law that requires refiners to produce alternative fuels from corn, soybeans and other products in an effort to reduce the countrys dependence on foreign oil. The drop...
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Gene wars: the last-ditch battle over who owns the rights to our DNA
2013-04-21 11:15:17| Biotech - Topix.net
A US biotech company is fighting to protect the patents it took out on a test for a cancer-causing gene.
Thirsty States Take Water Battle To Supreme Court
2013-04-21 11:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Tuesday, Oklahoma and Texas will face off in the U.S. Supreme Court. The winner gets water. And this is not a game. The court will hear oral arguments in the case of Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann, et al. The case pits Oklahoma against Texas over rights to water from the river that forms part of the border between them. Depending on how the court decides, it could impact interstate water-sharing agreements across the country. Keeping Up With Texas To understand what the fight...
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Fighting a brutal battle for ultra-healthy juice
2013-04-21 06:01:21| Food - Topix.net
For a symbol of how quickly the juice business has changed in the United States, just look in the bottling room at the BluePrint factory in New York.
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Drawing on Lessons from Wal-Mart Battle, Lawyer Defeats Bigger Giant
2013-04-20 02:15:58| Chemicals - Topix.net
The Sher Leff partner recently won a $236 million judgment against global oil behemoth Exxon Mobil for her Liliputian-by-contrast client, the State of New Hampshire, after a three-month trial.
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