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Kaiduan dam in Borneo meets fierce opposition
2015-04-06 16:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Activists are calling on the government of Sabah, Malaysia, to reconsider the proposed Kaiduan dam, saying the Infrastructure Development Ministry (IDM) has not considered other solutions to Sabah's looming water crisis and has failed to consult with the indigenous people who will be displaced if the project proceeds. The government first proposed building the Kaiduan dam in 2008. The IDM insists the project is necessary to ensure an adequate water supply for the west coast of Sabah, one of the...
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Jerry Brown: Opposition on climate change borders on immoral
2015-03-22 17:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: Gov. Jerry Brown said opposition to steps President Barack Obama is taking on climate change borders on the immoral, as he tore into Republicans in an interview aired Sunday on NBCs Meet the Press. Browns remarks came after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., urged states last week to ignore federal directives to reduce carbon emissions from power plants. Brown, a longtime champion of environmental causes, said McConnell was representing his coal constituents and putting at...
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Maryland joins federal opposition to Sysco merger
2015-03-21 04:22:52| Food - Topix.net
Maryland has joined nine other states, the District of Columbia and the Federal Trade Commission in opposing a merger of the country's two largest food distribution companies on grounds that the union would create a near-monopoly in this region and potentially raise prices for consumers. The state became a party to the FTC's suit in U.S. District Court in Washington to stop the $8.2 billion merger between Sysco Corp. and US Foods Inc., first announced in December 2013.
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After hearing neighborhood opposition, Plancom says no
2015-03-18 19:32:34| Semiconductors - Topix.net
After hearing neighborhood opposition, Plancom says no After hearing neighborhood opposition, Lyon Plancom votes against SV solar array permit. Check out this story on rgj.com: http://on.rgj.com/1MKaCdK A solar energy project proposed to be at least a temporary fix for voltage and other electricity problems in Smith Valley received a negative recommendation from the Lyon County Planning Commission after 10 residents spoke in opposition.
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Brazil's opposition calls for Rousseff probe in Petrobras scandal
2015-03-18 04:21:24| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Brazil's main opposition party said on Tuesday it would call on the Supreme Court to investigate President Dilma Rousseff's involvement in a corruption scheme at state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA. The motion comes a day after prosecutors charged the treasurer of Rousseff's Workers' Party, Joao Vaccari, with corruption and money laundering, saying that Vaccari was aware that donations he sought for the party were bribe money stolen from Petrobras.
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