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FDA plan for menu labels too costly, Kroger argues
2013-06-06 07:38:19| Grocery - Topix.net
Grocers around the country, though - including Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. - are trying to persuade the federal Food and Drug Administration to reconsider proposed rules that would expand the requirements for posting nutritional labels on prepared food items at stores.
Think tank argues radical innovations are needed to cope with climate change
2013-05-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future. But policymakers have to do just that as they craft rules that improve the economy, protect energy supplies and mitigate climate change. To solve these problems, think tanks and lobbying groups are pushing for ideas ranging from emissions regulations to building solar arrays to leaving energy entirely to the free market, forcing wind turbines to go toe to toe with natural gas generators without subsidies. However, climate change is...
China leading in fight against climate change, argues report
2013-04-29 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: As United Nations leaders today gather in Bonn to again discuss global efforts to tackle climate change, a new report has revealed that while China remains the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter it is also taking some of the most ambitious strides to curb environmental impacts. The Australian government's independent advisor, the Climate Commission, has today launched a report showing how global action to tackle carbon emissions progressed during the last nine months. The report shows that...
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Conservation policies that boost farm yields may ultimately undermine forest protection, argues study
2013-04-17 07:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Rising agricultural profitability due to higher prices, improved crop productivity, and forest conservation itself could make it increasingly difficult for conservation programs tied to payments for ecosystem services to succeed, warns a study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The prediction is based on a model that forecasts the potential impact of agricultural intensification on small farmers' behavior in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....
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Redford argues Keystone XL controversy obscuring truth about Alberta's environmental record
2013-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Calgary Herald: The polarized debate over the Keystone XL pipeline and global warming overlooks the fact that you can build the pipeline and still reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be good stewards of the land, air and water, Premier Alison Redford told a Washington think tank Tuesday. Redford told the Brookings Institution that the dialogue over approval of the 1,800-kilometre pipeline between Alberta and the U.S. gulf coast "suffers from some glaring deficiencies, which cause essential truths to be overlooked."...
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