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FEMA: Caught Between Climate Change and Congress
2014-01-27 12:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Thanks to climate change, extreme weather disasters have hammered the United States with increasing frequency in recent years--from drought and wildfires to coastal storms and flooding. It is perhaps surprising, then, that the U.S. agency in charge of preparing for and responding to these disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), doesn't account for climate change in most of its budget planning and resource allocation or in the National Flood Insurance Program it administers....
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Groups Urge Congress to Keep COOL
2014-01-26 15:33:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC Ninety-seven agriculture, rural, labor and faith-based organizations are asking the farm bill conference committee to reject any changes to the current Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements. The groups said in a letter to the conferees that proposed changes being floated would fail to remedy the critique of the WTO dispute panels because it would perpetuate consumer deception. read more
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With Finance Committee chairmanship, Sen. Ron Wyden becomes Oregon's chief patron in Congress
2014-01-25 18:43:48| Footwear - Topix.net
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., gets ready to take the stage at a town hall meeting at the Beaverton Library.
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Keystone potential bargaining chip in congress debt talks
2014-01-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: House Republicans are trying to agree on what they want from Democrats in exchange for votes to raise the U.S. debt limit as soon as next month. Majority Leader Eric Cantor and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan have suggested insisting on approval of the TransCanada Corp. (TRP) Keystone XL pipeline as a condition of a higher debt ceiling. Representative Tim Huelskamp of Kansas is among Republicans who want to take a harder line and demand major changes to President Barack Obamas health-care...
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2014 APWA International Public Works Congress and Exposition
2014-01-24 21:55:00| Waste Age
Location Metro Toronto Convention Centre Toronto, ON Canada See map: Google Maps
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