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Bill extending incentives to steel mill passes legislature
2016-04-02 04:41:00| Steel - Topix.net
Kentucky lawmakers completed work Friday on a bill that sweetens an economic incentives package in hopes of swaying AK Steel to rejuvenate idled operations at a northeastern Kentucky steel mill. Final action came on a 97-0 vote by the House, which sent the measure to Gov. Matt Bevin's desk.
GMO labeling bill passes committee, but more work to be done
2016-03-07 17:53:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. The Senate Agriculture Committee passed Sen. Pat Roberts bill that would ban state GMO labeling laws by a vote of 14-6. read more
Oregon passes bill to boost renewables, exit from coal
2016-03-04 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Oregon lawmakers yesterday approved a bill to raise the state's share of renewable energy to 50 percent and quit its reliance on coal-fired power. S.B. 1547, sponsored by state Sen. Lee Beyer (D), passed the state Senate 17-12 on a party line vote. It now heads to Gov. Kate Brown (D), who is expected to sign it. It passed the state House 38-20 on Tuesday. Originally put forth by the state's two largest utilities and a cadre of environmental groups, the bill would instruct the utilities -- Pacific...
Oregon Legislature passes coal transition bill; coal power out by 2035, 50% renewables by 2040
2016-03-03 11:56:11| Green Car Congress
Sen. Pat Roberts' GMO labeling bill passes ag ctte: 'What we're...
2016-03-02 09:17:44| Biotech - Topix.net
Sen. Pat Roberts' GMO labeling bill passes ag ctte: 'What we're facing is not a safety or health issue, it's a market issue' A bill that would pre-empt state laws that mandate GMO labeling and set up a federal voluntary labeling system instead, has passed in the Senate Agriculture Committee 14:6, but faces an uphill battle when it goes to the Senate floor for a vote. The bill - proposed by Senate Agriculture Committee chairman Pat Roberts - would require USDA to establish a national voluntary standard for defining and labeling bioengineered foods within two years, and directs the agriculture secretary to engage in a 'science-based' consumer education initiative about the benefits of agricultural biotechnology.
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