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Billionaire climate activist undaunted after losses in Tuesdays election
2014-11-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: Shortly after winning a U.S. Senate seat in South Dakota last week, Republican Mike Rounds declared there would be enough votes to actually get the Keystone XL pipeline released from captivity. Sen. John Hoeven, his Republican neighbor from the other Dakota, chimed in: I think we have the 60 votes we need to approve it. In the newly reconstituted Senate, James Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, is in line to replace our own Barbara Boxer as chair of the committee that oversees environmental...
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TRINIDAD-TELECOMS-Union warns of job losses, higher prices following Cable and Wireless announcement
2014-11-09 05:35:13| IT Services - Topix.net
The Communications Workers Union Friday questioned the intention of the British telecommunications giant, Cable & Wireless Communications to pay US$1.85 billion for the privately owned Columbus International, a fibrebased telecoms company serving the Caribbean, Central America and Andean regions. CWU, which represents workers at the Telecommunication Company of Trinidad and Tobago , said that the move to acquire Columbus was tantamount to corporate raiding.
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Despite losses, GMO label backers aren't giving up
2014-11-07 07:07:44| Biotech - Topix.net
In the end, not even Oregon's backyard chicken owners and vegan foodies had enough money and clout to persuade voters to pass a ballot measure that would have required labeling of genetically modified foods. Oregon is the fourth state in the West that has failed to pass a GMO labeling measure.
Despite losses, GMO label backers aren't quitting
2014-11-06 09:11:33| Chemicals - Topix.net
Oregon is the fourth state in the West that has failed to pass a GMO labeling measure. A similar proposal also flopped Tuesday in Colorado, which joined Washington state and California as other states that have said no.
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Climate change supporters suffer losses
2014-11-05 16:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Despite millions spent to make climate change a wedge issue during the midterms, environmentally friendly candidates didnt fare well on Election Day. Green groups funneled an unprecedented amount of money into top Senate races that determined control of the upper chamber but fell short. The nations top environmental groups including the League of Conservation Voters, the Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and billionaire Tom Steyers NextGen Climate...
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