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Palm oil wrongly targeted
2015-02-28 07:13:17| Livestock - Topix.net
Oil palm plantations have been unfairly implicated by non-government organisations as the primary driver of deforestation, but the crop takes up only 0.1 per cent or 15.6 million ha worldwide. On the other hand, the livestock industry in 2012 utilised 31 per cent or 4.7 billion ha of the world's total land area 300 times more land area than that used by the palm oil industry, says Malaysian Palm Oil Council chief executive officer Dr Yusof Basiron.
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Connecticut man wrongly jailed for 21 years gets $6M award
2015-01-30 06:30:17| Apparel - Topix.net
A man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 21 years for the rape and killing of a mother of four was awarded $6 million Thursday from the state of Connecticut. The state claims commissioner issued the award to 44-year-old Kenneth Ireland under Connecticut's wrongful incarceration compensation law, saying in a report that "no words or dollar amount will suffice to give him back the time that he lost and the misery that he endured."
Connecticut man wrongly jailed for 21 years gets $6M award
2015-01-30 02:35:28| Footwear - Topix.net
A man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 21 years for the rape and killing of a mother of four was awarded $6 million Thursday from the state of Connecticut. The state claims commissioner issued the award to 44-year-old Kenneth Ireland under Connecticut's wrongful incarceration compensation law, saying in a report that "no words or dollar amount will suffice to give him back the time that he lost and the misery that he endured."
Starbucks says wrongly accused of fighting Vermont GMO labeling law
2014-11-18 18:11:28| Chemicals - Topix.net
Starbucks Corp said on Monday it has been wrongly accused in online petitions of supporting a Grocery Manufacturers Association lawsuit to block Vermont's GMO labeling law. Petitions posted to websites such as Sumofus.org and Care2.com accused Starbucks of teaming with fellow GMA member Monsanto Co to kill GMO labeling in Vermont, which in May became the first U.S. state to pass a mandatory GMO labeling law that did not require another state to go first.
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About 70K Austin utility residents wrongly billed
2014-07-29 18:24:50| Energy - Topix.net
About 70,000 utility customers in Central Texas have been billed for water costs that were higher or lower than correct.
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