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Cracker Barrel Shareholders Vote to Support Eliminating Controversial Pig Cages
2013-11-21 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Shareholders of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store voted to support the restaurant outlet’s recently-adopted policy to eliminate gestation crates from its pork supply chain.
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Microsoft Ends Controversial Employee Grading System
2013-11-15 02:33:42| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Redmond is ending its oft-criticized stack ranking system for grading employees, a process designed to weed out poor performers but which has instead stymied collaboration.
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On Russia's controversial Arctic oil rig
2013-10-07 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Remote and buffeted by icy waves, the Prirazlomnaya oil rig in the Arctic is the focus of a bitter dispute between Greenpeace and the Russian government - now an international court case. The journey to the rig starts in Arkhangelsk, one of Russia's historic northern ports. From there it is a two-and-a-half hour flight in an old Soviet propeller plane - an Antonov 26-100 - to the tiny settlement of Verandey, where the oil companies have built a small airstrip by the shore of the Arctic Ocean....
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Malaysia: Borneo tribesmen block road as controversial rainforest dam impoundment begins
2013-09-27 11:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Indigenous leaders have set up roadblocks in Malaysian Borneo to protest Sarawak's newest dam, report environmental activists who oppose the project. According to the Borneo Project and the Bruno Manser Fund, more than 100 Penan are blocking road traffic to protest for higher compensation from Sarawak Energy Berhad, the state-owned power company behind the Murum Hydro Electric Power dam. Having failed to stop the project, indigenous leaders are seeking bigger cash payments, more land, and a greater...
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Zombie coal: Borneo resurrects controversial coal plant
2013-09-19 01:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Malaysian government is taking another look at building a hugely controversial coal-fired plant in the Bornean state of Sabah, a proposal that was thrown out in 2011 due to a large-scale grassroots movement. The 300 megawatt coal plant would have been built in Lahad Datu on the edge of a wildlife reserve and the state's renowned coral reefs. Reportedly, the government is now considering building the same plant only further south in Tawau, which also lies on the coast. "We are shocked to hear...
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