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MEXICO: Soft drinks lobby faces down obesity campaigners - report
2013-08-08 16:04:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Mexico's soft drinks producers have disputed that the country's high obesity rate is due to soda consumption, and branded a campaign against the category as "misinformation", according to reports.
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Kochs Hire Ex-Cantor Aide to Lobby Against Carbon Tax
2013-08-01 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Charles and David Koch, to paraphrase the famous Raid bug spray slogan, want to kill carbon tax proposals dead. Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC has contracted lobbyists including a former aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to lobby on a House resolution that declares carbon taxes detrimental to American families and businesses. Newly available lobby filings show that Koch has hired Shockey Scofield Solutions, LLC, to lobby on the anti-carbon tax resolution. Lobbyists working...
Lawyers gear up to lobby, sue as McCarthy heads to EPA
2013-07-19 13:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: When Gina McCarthy steps into her new role as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency she will face an army of lawyers trying to sway the agency as it writes rules on power-plant emissions that will form the centerpiece of the Obama administration's climate-action plan. At least some of those lawyers are likely to lead legal challenges against the rules once they are issued. McCarthy, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday, and the EPA will use a rarely used section of the Clean...
Oil, gas lobby shell out big money to defeat Ohio tax
2013-07-17 22:02:46| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
When Ohio Gov. John Kasich pitched his budget a few months ago, he made a big deal about a "fracking tax" that would bring billions of dollars to the state in the coming years.
Canadians lobby Congress on climate change
2013-07-05 10:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Under a toasty summer sun last week in Washington, President Barack Obama peeled off his jacket and mopped the sweat off his brow, as if to accentuate the reason for his speech at Georgetown University: the world is getting hotter. And with that visual and his words, Obama laid out his plan of action to deal with climate change, which involves ramping up emissions rules on new and existing power plants. At that very moment, a few miles away on Capitol Hill, I was preparing to meet with the energy...
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