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India: Civil Society Groups Help Make Electricity Affordable and Sustainable
2013-02-25 16:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Worldwide, one out of every five people lacks access to modern electricity. Affordability, quality of service, and social and environmental impacts pose great challenges in providing people with the power they need for lighting, cooking, and other activities. Good governance involving open and inclusive practices is essential to overcoming these pressing obstacles. This is part one of a four-part blog series, Improving Electricity Governance, which explores the key components involved in making...
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Ag Groups Oppose Cuts to Food Aid Programs
2013-02-25 16:21:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC The agricultural community is concerned with indications that the administrations FY 2014 budget will cut the Food for Peace (PL-480) and Food for Progress programs. In a letter to President Barack Obama, over 70 nonprofit, farm, commodity, labor and other organizations objected to the indicated change. read more
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Groups Petition Supreme Court on Ethanol
2013-02-25 16:18:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC The American Petroleum Institute (API), the Grocery Manufacturers Association, American Meat Institute, National Chicken Council, National Pork Producers Council, National Turkey Federation and the Snack Food Association petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court asking that it reverse an earlier Washington D.C. Circuit Court decision that rejected a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agencys grant of partial waivers for use of the ethanol blend of E15. read more
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Environmental groups target President Obamas likely choice for Energy secretary
2013-02-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Beast: President Obama is widely expected to nominate Ernest Moniz as Energy secretary any day now, and environmental organizations are girding for a fight. Were not sure Mr. Moniz will keep his eyes where they should be: on a no-carbon future where we are relying on wind and other forms of energy, says Mitch Jones, a program director at Food and Water Watch. The anti-fracking organization, began an effort to block Monizs nomination after reports surfaced that the long-haired MIT professor is...
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Groups Flock to White House to Talk Fracking Rules
2013-02-22 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Environmental advocates and representatives from the oil-and-gas industry are flocking to the White House following the submission of a draft rule that would govern the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing on public lands. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in January pulled a long-awaited proposed rule to regulate hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, after receiving a flood of public comments and push-back from industry. A new draft was sent to the White House on Jan. 22,...
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