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Indonesia hustles to preempt new round of haze-causing fires
2016-03-18 12:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Local governments, environmental agencies, emergency services and the military are working across Indonesias fire-prone areas as President Joko Jokowi Widodo tries to minimize this years haze in what could be the largest challenge of his presidency. In Singapore, politicians and NGOs have called for more preemptive action as the prospect of more fires in the coming weeks appears increasingly likely. You need to do that because with three, four months of haze now in Singapore, it actually seems...
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Senate bill to preempt state GMO labeling
2016-02-29 18:20:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. Senate Agriculture Committee will consider Sen. Pat Roberts proposed legislation that preempts states from issuing their own mandatory labeling laws for foods that contain genetically modified organisms. read more
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Counties oppose bills to pre-empt fracking bans
2015-11-28 15:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tallahassee Democrat: County commissioners across Florida are opposing a push by lawmakers that would short-circuit their ability to regulate or ban fracking in their communities. About 20 counties, from Leon to Miami-Dade, and nearly 40 cities, including Tallahassee, have passed resolutions or ordinances banning fracking, an unconventional drilling technique thats generated controversy over environmental and health concerns. As of late October, the bans were in place in cities and counties representing roughly 8...
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The Wall Street Journal: Samsung aims to pre-empt Apple with earlier launch
2015-07-10 17:02:57| Semiconductors - Topix.net
In a break with recent tradition, Samsung Electronics Co. will move up the autumn launch of its oversize smartphone lineup by several weeks to mid-August, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Intels new 18-core Haswell Xeon chips will try to preempt the ARM server onslaught
2014-09-09 15:02:52| Extremetech
Intel's new server platform is a huge leap forward for the company's enterprise and workstation market -- and possibly an early move to block ARM's access into the server market.