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Government Shutdown: Devastating for Family Farmers and Rural America
2015-09-29 21:51:55| National Farmers Union
By Roger Johnson, president, National Farmers Union Weve been here before. Two years ago, an early October blizzard the Atlas storm buried western South Dakota in three feet of snow, killing tens of thousands of cattle and wiping out entire herds. Ranchers, devastated, looked to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for help.
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AfDB Approves US$121 Million for Electricity Expansion to Rural Households in Uganda
2015-09-23 16:19:00| Transmission & Distribution World
The African Development Bank Group Board approved a US$ 121 million loan and grant to help Uganda's government improve access to electricity for rural households read more
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How Climate Change Efforts By Developed Countries Are Hurting Africa's Rural Poor
2015-09-21 09:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: In recent years there has been significant movement toward land acquisition in developing countries to establish forestry plantations for offsetting carbon pollution elsewhere in the world. This is often referred to as land grabbing. These carbon trading initiatives work on the basis that forestry plantations absorb carbon dioxide and other polluting greenhouse gases. This helps to undo the environmental damage associated with modern western lifestyles. Carbon markets are championed as offering...
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Albemarle Supervisor Takes Rural Broadband Concerns to Richmond
2015-09-04 02:27:54| Chemicals - Topix.net
Dittmar says spotty broadband service in parts of Albemarle County holds the area back. "We hear it all the time.
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AT&T, CenturyLink receive millions of dollars for rural Internet push
2015-09-01 04:47:05| Telecom - Topix.net
In Arkansas, AT&T and CenturyLink split the lion's share of the federal bounty from the Connect America program, almost equally dividing some $40 million from the $54 million that went to telecoms with operations in Arkansas, including Little Rock-based Windstream. The Federal Communications Commission recently announced that telecom carriers in Arkansas will receive more than $54 million from the Connect America Fund to provide broadband services in rural and remote areas of the state with little or no high-speed Internet access.
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