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Obesity-obsessed policymakers: dona t mind the thigh gap
2015-01-16 19:11:49| Apparel - Topix.net
It's certainly controversial. The Advertising Standards Authority recently forced clothes retailer Urban Outfitters to remove an image from its stores and website after receiving complaints that an underwear model was 'unhealthily thin' and 'had a significant gap between her thighs'.
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Public opinion on climate change: Is the glass half-full or half-empty for policymakers?
2014-07-11 12:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: In all the discussion about the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new climate change rule and power plants, there has not been much thought given to the poll numbers. Since policymakers are presumably in office to represent the public, let's take a look at the numbers from a variety of polls and see what they say. First, provided below is a graphic that provides a long-term perspective on climate change from a number of polls. It indicates that the majority of Americans have believed, for...
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IPC's 'Meet the Policymakers' Program Hosts Congressional Visits from Coast to Coast
2014-06-30 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
As part of its nationwide effort to educate members of Congress about legislative and regulatory issues impacting electronics manufacturing industry, IPC co-hosted congressional visits to Optimum Design Associates (ODA) and JPS Industries Inc. Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15) visited ODA facility in Pleasanton, CA, while Rep Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5) toured JPS Industries plant in Statesville, NC. Each met with senior executives and staff and discussed important policy issues. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
Businesses, Policymakers Make the Case for 'Make it in America'
2014-06-18 02:39:31| Appliances - Topix.net
President Barack Obama, left, with Terry Sandin, right, who is holding a replica of the Presidential Seal he made, during a tour of TechShop, Tuesday in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Scientists to policymakers: Clean energy could fuel New York by 2050
2013-03-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: By 2050, New York State could run entirely on energy produced from wind, water and sunlight. That radical finding, which goes further than any other clean energy plan envisioned for New York, comes from a peer-reviewed study [3] published last week in the journal Energy Policy. The 13 scientists who wrote the report analyzed the technical and economic feasibility of meeting the state's energy needs solely through renewable energy. They concluded that moving to renewables would stabilize energy prices,...