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Vermont Senate passes mandatory GMO food-labeling law
2014-04-16 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Vermont Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would make it the first U.S. state to enact mandatory labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Unlike bills passed last year in Maine and Connecticut, which require other states to pass GMO labeling laws before they can be enacted, Vermont's contains no such trigger clause. Vermont's effort comes as the developers of genetically modified crops and the $360 billion U.S. packaged food industry push for passage of an...
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White House to Senate Dems: No Deadline on Keystone
2014-04-11 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: White House press secretary Jay Carney attempted to sideline any noise that President Obama would establish a hard deadline for his decision on the Keystone XL pipeline Thursday. "Our position on that process hasnt changed, which is that it needs to run its appropriate course without interference from the White House or Congress," Carney said to reporters. "It was because of actions taken by Republicans in Congress that one delay was caused in the process already." "So that review continues...
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11 Senate Democrats favor Keystone XL pipeline
2014-04-11 00:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Eleven Senate Democrats, including six who face contested races this year, urged President Barack Obama on Thursday to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline by the end of May. The five-year review of the Canada-to-Texas pipeline has been exhaustive in its time, breadth and scope and has taken longer than reasonably justified, the senators wrote to the president. Approval of the pipeline is needed to ensure pipeline operator TransCanada does not miss another construction season, the senators...
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Senate Dems Urge Obama to Decide on Keystone XL Pipeline by May 31
2014-04-10 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: An activist holds up a sign outside the State Department during a protest of the Keystone XL pipeline on March 7, 2014 in Washington, D.C. Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images A group of 11 Senate Democrats, including five seeking re-election this year, urged President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline by May 31. This process has been exhaustive in its time, breadth, and scope, the Democrats wrote in a letter sent to Obama today. It has already taken much...
Mo. Senate panel considers gay discrimination bill
2014-04-10 06:31:57| Chemicals - Topix.net
Missouri senators heard conflicting testimony Wednesday on whether it makes good business sense to grant legal discrimination protections to people based on sexual orientation.
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