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NFU Urges Nations Ag Leaders, Organizations to Support Voluntary COOL as Easiest, Best Option to Resolve WTO Trade Dispute Quickly
2015-10-20 22:32:30| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (October 20, 2015) National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson issued the following statement in response to a recent letter from dairy industry organizations to the U.S. Senate on Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL), offering Voluntary COOL as the best option available: The Hoeven-Stabenow compromise
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Conservative Solar Voice Urges West Virginia Governor To Support Energy Choice & Independence
2015-02-23 03:38:16| Energy - Topix.net
American Electric Power and FirstEnergy have been trying to leverage their positions as monopolies to drive rooftop solar out of West Virginia. The goal is to force a private sector competitor out of the market.
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Divestment campaign urges customers to boycott banks which support fracking and fossil-fuel industry
2014-10-20 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Customers of Britains biggest banks are threatening to close their accounts unless the institutions cut all ties with coal, tar sands, fracking and other fossil-fuel industries as part of a new campaign launched today. The attempt to force Britains Big Five banks into ending their 66bn involvement with dirty energy marks a new direction for the growing divestment campaign, as part of which this month the University of Glasgow pledged to stop investing in fossil fuels. The new campaign...
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FAO Urges Europe to Support Sustainable Farming
2014-10-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Speaking at an informal meeting of European Union agriculture ministers in Milan this week, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said European governments must help combat hunger and malnutrition on a global level, as failure to do so will only boost migration flows and stoke conflicts.
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FAO Urges Continued Support for Animal Disease Monitoring
2014-08-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - The FAO has told ministers of health and agriculture meeting in Indonesia that animal disease monitoring systems require sustained support and have a critical role to play in preventing human disease threats.
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