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EU halts anti-subsidy probe into some biodiesel imports

2013-10-16 13:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The European Union Commission has decided to halt an anti-subsidy probe into biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia after the complainant dropped its action, a Commission document seen by Reuters showed on Wednesday. The Commission had received on September 27 a complaint from the European biodiesel lobby group EBB over an alleged unfair subsidizing of biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia. The EBB withdrew its complaint on October 7, the commission said. "In accordance...

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South Korea halts certain US beef imports over contamination concerns

2013-10-10 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

South Korea has imposed a ban on certain beef imports from the US after finding traces of cattle feed additive zilpaterol in a 22t meat shipment supplied by Swift Beef, a subsidiary of Colorado-based JBS USA.

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United Kingdom: Endangered bird halts wind farm proposal

2013-10-04 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: The judge ruled that ministers had failed to follow an EU birds directive when considering the potential threats the Viking wind farm project would pose to the whimbrel. The whimbrel, an endangered wader that nests almost exclusively on the island, breeds only in north Scotland when in the UK. Slated for 2018, the project would see the installation of 103 turbines covering 50 square miles on Shetland's main island, and is expected to power up to 175,000 homes, making it one of the biggest wind...

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