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Former US Ag Secretaries Urge Congress to Pass TPP

2015-11-24 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - A group of former agriculture secretaries have written an open letter saying that the opening of new markets is critical for farmers and rural communities.

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Drugmakers urge new antibiotics funds

2015-11-16 11:28:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

AstraZeneca and pharmaceutical bodies warn of a "terrible human cost" unless new ways of funding antibiotics are found.

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Environmentalists urge feds to enforce rules on power plant emissions cuts

2015-11-13 17:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Trib Live: Environmental advocates from as far away as Detroit gathered Thursday in Pittsburgh to urge federal regulators to enforce stringent rules on states that fail to write their own plans to meet requirements for reducing carbon emissions from power plants. Climate change driven by pollution from fossil fuel-burning plants will harm the planet if the Environmental Protection Agency does not curb emissions soon, dozens of people said during testimony inside the William S. Moorhead Federal Building and...

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Transition Alberta off oil sands, climate thinkers urge Trudeau

2015-11-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Observer: Alberta and its oil sands needs to be the focus of the Trudeau government's climate action if it is serious about helping limit dangerous planetary warming to two degrees this century, warned a national group of environmental thinkers. Climate Action Network Canada held a national media press conference Monday to give its recommendations to the federal government in advance of the Paris UN climate treaty talks, Nov.30 to Dec.11. Their toughest advice was focused on Alberta's crown energy jewel....

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