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WEBINAR: Dealing with Metro Vancouvers organics ban
2014-12-02 16:35:41| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines
A free monthly webinar on Wednesday Dec. 3, 2014 is offered by Green Manitoba and The Compost Council of Canada to help guide stakeholders through the organics landfill ban
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UK could ban hand luggage in wake of new terror threats
2014-12-02 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The UK could consider a ban on hand luggage and phones on flights after a security report warned of an Al Qaeda plot similar to 9/11 on London and other major cities during this Christmas.
China Ban Slows, Stops GMO Seed Roll-Out
2014-12-01 15:10:13| Agriculture - Topix.net
In November 2013, Chinese ports began rejecting US imports saying they were tainted with a GMO Syngenta corn variety, called Agrisure Viptera, which is approved in the US, but not in China . Grain traders Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland , along with dozens of farmers, have sued Syngenta for damages after Beijing rejected Viptera shipments, saying the seed maker misrepresented how long it would take to win Chinese approval.
Calls for Harvey Nichols to renew fur ban
2014-11-26 15:26:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Animal rights group PETA is calling on UK department store retailer Harvey Nichols to renew its fur ban, after uncovering "tremendous suffering" in the industry's Origin Assured scheme.
Maui County residents vote to ban destructive GMO farming
2014-11-26 07:11:22| Chemicals - Topix.net
In a victory over GMO-favoring agriculture companies Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences, the residents of Maui County, Hawaii, have won a ballot initiative to temporarily halt genetically engineered crops in the county. The effort against the companies was not only the first of its kind for Maui residents but resulted in Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences spending $7.9 million in an effort to bring down the bill, an amount that made history in Hawaii as the most ever spent on a campaign in the state.
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