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Senate Keystone debate to delve into climate, oil exports
2015-01-12 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: The Senate's Monday vote to start the debate over the Keystone XL pipeline bill has opened the legislative floodgates for the new GOP Congress, with members on both sides of the aisle set to unleash a torrent of politically sensitive energy amendments on issues such as crude oil exports and climate change. The climate amendment, backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), is designed to pin down senators' views about the connection between humans' greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, while...
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U.S. House passes Keystone XL bill, Senate to debate next week
2015-01-09 11:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, despite a threat by the White House to veto legislation on the project. The bill passed, 266-153, with 28 of the House Democrats voting for the pipeline, down three from a similar vote in November. The Senate will debate a similar bill early next week. President Barack Obama has said the State Department should finish its assessment of the project before he decides whether to approve it. TransCanada...
Debate over Cachar paddy
2014-12-30 23:04:08| Agriculture - Topix.net
Silchar Dec. 29: The Cachar administration in Assam and the Food Corporation of India are at loggerheads over the procurement of paddy from farmers in the district. The issues range from the highest ceiling of buying the winter Sali paddy from farmers in this rice-growing district to the time of such purchase and the central agency's insistence that the purchase of the most suitable variety of paddy should be conducted at the doorsteps of its regional office here.
The next big turning point in the net neutrality debate
2014-12-30 19:51:59| Telecom - Topix.net
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler met with leaders of New York tech start-ups last week to discuss net neutrality; credit: Gigi Sohn via Twitter . In recent weeks, momentum seems to have been building at the Federal Communications Commission for aggressive net neutrality rules similar to the kind endorsed by President Obama in November.
'Man-spreading' debate spreads to Toronto
2014-12-30 00:02:54| Railroads - Topix.net
A movement against so-called "man-spreading" seems to be gaining popularity among public transit users, including those in Toronto. A debate about male behaviour on public transit is opening up, and some aren't happy about the "sexist" nature of the campaign against "man-spreading."
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