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United Kingdom: Environment minister accused of conflict of interest over farm subsidies
2016-08-04 10:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: One of Theresa Mays new environment ministers has been accused by campaigners of a conflict of interest over tens of thousands of pounds he receives annually in EU farming subsidies. Lord Gardiner is parliamentary under secretary of state and the House of Lords spokesperson for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), which will be heavily involved in plans for replacing EU farming support. But he is a partner in a family farm in Buckinghamshire, which received nearly...
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Superintendent charged with conflict of interest in connection with approval of charter schools
2016-01-19 22:06:00| American School & University
As administrator in Mountain Empire (Calif.) district, Steve Van Zant allegedly approved charter schools that later hired his consulting company. read more
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No conflict of interest here: PepsiCo lobbyist to help rewrite nutrition policy for children
2015-01-14 12:01:57| Beverages - Topix.net
A top lobbyist for food and beverage giant PepsiCo Inc. who was formerly a top aide to Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts is taking over as the Agriculture Committee's chief of staff as it prepares to rewrite federal child nutrition policy. Joel Leftwich, a native of Wellington, Kansas, worked for Roberts, R-Kan., as deputy staff director for the committee before becoming senior director for PepsiCo's public policy and government affairs team in March 2013.
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Ignoring Charges Of Conflict Of Interest, Mexico's Senate Passes ...
2014-07-08 03:57:25| Telecom - Topix.net
On Friday the Mexican Senate finally approved long-delayed anti-monopoly legislation spelling out the fine print of a major reform of the phone and TV industries and seeking to curb the power of billionaires Carlos Slim and Emilio Azcarraga Jean .
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Conflict of interest, cronyism along the hydrogen highway: Thomas Elias
2014-05-13 09:57:00| Chemicals - Topix.net
Looking for a new reason to distrust a state government that won't even expel legislators when they've been indicted or convicted? Then examine $46.5 million in grants announced by the state Energy Commission in early May for building refueling stations to serve the hydrogen-powered cars due to appear on California roads as early as next year.
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