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Georgia Residents Opposed to More Coal Ash Going into Jesup Landfill
2016-03-18 14:47:00| Waste Age
First Coast News Republic Services has a 50-year deal to operate the Broadhurst Environmental Landfill in Wayne County, but some residents are launching an effort to stop the company from expanding its use of the landfill. read more
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Solar panel tax increases opposed by Eurosceptic Tory MPs
2016-03-18 10:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
E and T: Eurosceptic Conservative MPs are backing Labour moves to block an increase to taxes on solar panels and other energy saving measures. A group of Brexit-supporting Tory MPs, including Bernard Jenkin, Peter Lilley, Nigel Evans, Graham Brady and Jacob Rees-Mogg, have signed up to a Labour amendment which would stop a VAT hike on solar and energy saving measures from five to 20 per cent. The government is raising VAT charged on the clean energy measures, after the European Court of Justice ruled...
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California Passes Lighting Regulations Opposed by NEMA
2016-02-09 21:35:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
The California Energy Commission (CEC) unanimously approved the Title 20 Appliance Efficiency Regulations on Jan. 28, in a move that the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) says will raise the cost and lower the efficiency of LED lighting sold in the Sunshine State. read more
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Emulating the US Opposed by the US
2015-12-14 11:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: The US once led the post-war global effort against hunger and food insecurity, but corporate influence on government trade negotiators now seek to prevent other countries from using some of the very measures it pioneered. Seven decades ago, the US led international initiatives to eradicate hunger. This was the intention of the Roosevelts when they initiated the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as World War Two drew to a close. Three decades later, the same...
Proposed Antique oil depot opposed
2015-09-23 16:59:16| Beverages - Topix.net
Some residents of Barangay Idiacan in Pandan, Antique are opposing the proposed establishment of an oil depot owned by San Miguel Corporation. The group, Save Pandan Bay, said Pandan Bay is a marine protected area, and building an oil depot near it may affect the livelihood of several fishermen who are dependent on marine resources.
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