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NFU Calls JBS-Cargill Acquisition ‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’ for Family Farmers
2015-11-05 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Following the announcement that the Department of Justice (DOJ) approved the purchase of Cargill by JBS, the National Farmers Union has commented that the approval puts family farmers and ranchers at a significant disadvantage.
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Former VP Al Gore Joins Calls Climate-Related Probe into Exxon
2015-11-04 14:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: ormer Vice President Al Gore said on Tuesday that there should be an investigation into Exxon Mobil over what he said was the oil companys misleading the public about the risks of climate change. Echoing the views of the Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the onetime presidential candidate and current environmental activist and investor said at the DealBook conference in New York that Exxons actions were similar to those of the tobacco industry in the...
Monopoly cracking? FCC rules that telecoms can't charge $14 per minute for prisoner phone calls
2015-11-04 03:37:35| Telecom - Topix.net
The Federal Communications Commission is about to get hit with a lawsuit from a gaggle of telecommunications companies who are fighting for the right to charge prison inmates a whopping $14 a minute to call relatives. In a recent decision, [PDF] the FCC voted to cap the prices prisoners pay for phone calls.
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7 Investigates: Retired environmental engineer calls Brockovich post about Tyler water a 'crock'
2015-11-04 03:37:30| Waste Management - Topix.net
After growing concern among residents about water safety, Tyler's mayor Martin Heines announced Tuesday that a news conference will be held on Wednesday at 11a.m. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued water violation notice dated October 1 to the city of Tyler after finding haloacetic acids at elevated levels in the city's water supply. On October 30, nationally-recognized environmental activist Erin Brockovich warned the public in a Facebook post that Tyler residents were in danger, and the water supply was not safe.
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David Black Award Winner Calls for Science Based Approach to Biosecurity
2015-11-04 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - A plea has been sent out to the British pig industry and the industry leaders to base its approach to biosecurity on fact and science rather than myth and perception.
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