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United Kingdom: Cumbria sticks it to the nuclear dump lobby despite all the carrots on offer
2013-01-31 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cumbria county council's decision to "dump the dump" by voting against a nuclear waste repository close to the Lake District has drilled a nasty great hole in the middle of the government's wider nuclear strategy. Ministers had made clear that part of the agreement with the public over a new generation of atomic power stations would involve finding a safe and permanent home for the high-level waste created by the old ones. Cumbria's decision is a body blow for government because though it may...
Biotech companies lobby intensively to restrict generics
2013-01-30 16:59:04| Biotech - Topix.net
In statehouses around the country, some of the nation's biggest biotechnology companies are lobbying intensively to limit generic competition to their blockbuster drugs, potentially cutting into the billions of dollars in savings on drug costs contemplated in the federal health care overhaul law.
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EU executive thwarts Canada lobby on tar sand oil
2013-01-30 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Canada's urgent hunt for buyers for its oil is being thwarted as the European Commission sticks to a plan to label fuel from tar sands deposits as highly polluting, deterring refiners bound by environmental rules. Intense pressure from Canada, seeking new markets to compensate for dwindling U.S. buying and discounted sales, has not convinced the EU executive to abandon its proposal to brand tar sands oil as more carbon-intensive than conventional crude. "The Commission stands by its proposal,"...
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Facebook spent $4 million to lobby U.S. lawmakers in 2012
2013-01-23 22:58:49| CNET News.com
The social network is spending millions to advance a pro-Facebook agenda in the nation's capital. Cue the cynicism. [Read more]
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