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Senators urge pathogen standards for pork and beef
2015-03-09 17:55:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. Senators are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to establish salmonella and campylobacter standards for beef and pork. read more
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GOP senators oppose probe of scientists who question climate change
2015-03-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AL: A group of Republican senators have voiced opposition to an investigation by a Democratic congressman into funding sources of scientists skeptical of the impact of climate change. The GOP members of the Senate's Environment and Public Works committee sent a letter last week to University of Alabama in Huntsville President Robert Altenkirch expressing their position. John Christy, director of UAH's Earth System Science Center and the state's climatologist, is among those targeted in an investigation...
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State senators question Exxon Mobil over Torrance refinery explosion
2015-03-07 07:02:29| Chemicals - Topix.net
The auditorium at Torrance City Hall was nearly full Thursday night as several state senators heard testimony related to a Feb. 18 explosion at a nearby oil refinery. A local resident described her husband entering their house, three miles from Exxon Mobil Corp.'s plant in Torrance, covered in white ash after the blast.
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Senators want federal agency investigated amid guardrail concerns
2015-03-04 02:13:33| Railroads - Topix.net
Six U.S. Senators want the Federal Highway Administration investigated amid growing concerns about the agency and what the letter describes as "troubling developments" with a widely criticized guardrail system. Lawsuits allege that a design change in the ET-Plus guardrail system causes it to malfunction and has led to deaths and losses of limbs among drivers in several states.
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Senators Feinstein, Toomey introduce bill to repeal ethanol mandate in RFS
2015-02-26 22:55:31| Green Car Congress
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