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Event at European Parliament Highlights Plight of Pigs
2013-09-25 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Yesterday, at the European Parliament, English actress and campaigner Joanna Lumley, briefed Members of the European Parliament in Brussels on the plight of pigs in the European Union and the widespread breaches of Council Directive 2001/88/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs.
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The Plight of the Honeybee
2013-05-10 16:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Bees are back in the news this spring, if not back in fields pollinating this summer's crops. The European Union (EU) has announced that it will ban, for two years, the use of neonicotinoids, the much-maligned pesticide group often fingered in honeybee declines. The U.S. hasn't followed suit, though this year a group of beekeepers and environmental and consumer groups sued the EPA for not doing enough to protect bees from the pesticide onslaught. For the last several years scientists have fretted...
European Wireless Plight Means No Free Snacks at Barcelona Show
2013-02-25 00:54:59| Telecom - Topix.net
Visitors to the Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona, used to the annual event's grand product-unveiling spectacles, free refreshments and lavish parties, should lower their expectations this time around.
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Policy needed in climate plight
2013-01-27 10:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Desert Sun: President Barack Obamas strong statement on climate change in his second inaugural address on Monday was hailed by a range of environmental and clean energy advocates who saw it as a signal that long-overdue action on global warming would be a priority in the next four years. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations, the President said. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none...
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