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Maui Votes To Ban GMOs
2014-11-05 22:30:47| Chemicals - Topix.net
Maui County voters opted Tuesday to temporarily ban the cultivation of genetically engineered crops after a hard-fought campaign featuring $8 million in advertising from some of the world's largest corn-seed producers. The ban passed by a narrow margin, with 50 percent in favor and 48 percent opposed.
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GMO labeling fails in Colorado, Oregon; GMO ban passes in Maui
2014-11-05 21:42:25| Biotech - Topix.net
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Texas town where fracking was invented votes to ban it: 'If...
2014-11-05 18:52:55| Energy - Topix.net
Voters approved a ban on hydraulic fracturing in the North Texas town of Denton on Tuesday, making it the first city in the Lone Star State to outlaw the oil and gas extraction technique behind the U.S. energy boom. The vote in the city of 123,000 was highly symbolic because hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is widely used in Texas, the top crude producer in the United States.
Texas town where fracking was invented votes to ban it: 'If...
2014-11-05 18:23:10| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Voters approved a ban on hydraulic fracturing in the North Texas town of Denton on Tuesday, making it the first city in the Lone Star State to outlaw the oil and gas extraction technique behind the U.S. energy boom. The vote in the city of 123,000 was highly symbolic because hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is widely used in Texas, the top crude producer in the United States.
Birthplace America fracking boom votes to ban practice
2014-11-05 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Texas town where Americas oil and natural gas boom began has voted to ban fracking, in a stunning rebuke to the industry. Denton, a college town on the edge of the Barnett Shale, voted by 59% to ban fracking inside the city limits, a first for any locality in Texas. Organisers said they hoped it would give a boost to anti-fracking activists in other states. More than 15 million Americans now live within a mile of an oil or gas well. It should send a signal to industry that if the people...
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