U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy testified today before the Senate Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations at a hearing to discuss EPA's ...
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Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (Alpha), one of the nation's largest coal companies, Alpha Appalachian Holdings (formerly Massey Energy), and 66 subsidiaries have agreed to spend an estimated $200 million to install and operate wastewater ...
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The Green Building Initiative (GBI) has launched the Guiding Principles Compliance for New Construction (GPC NC) of federal buildings. This program for assessing building sustainability was developed with extensive input from federal ...
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A considerable paradox exists in U.S. food policy. Although the federal government has named food safety as a top priority, an entire pocket of the food industry remains largely unregulated by, or at least largely under the radar of, most ...
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Related Arlington, Va. — The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) released its 2014 Public Policy Agenda: Retailers Strengthening Communities, which outlines the industry’s top public policy priorities for 2014, and ...
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The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) in the States welcomed President Obama's announcement that the U.S. will accelerate the implementation of a system to facilitate international trade in goods that meet American ...
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President Obama is giving federal agencies slightly more than one year to draft a rule proposal that would boost fuel economy and tighten greenhouse-gas emissions for medium- and heavy duty trucks. Obama directed the National Highway ...
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Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, like many politicians in Washington, hastily reacted to a media report in his home state before researching and understanding the background and facts about safety regulations and precautions in the truck ...
The 2014 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, a forum for the research community in the Gulf of Mexico to share their latest scientific results, is pleased to announce the Conference plenary panelists. The conference, ...
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Laboratory tests on Washington State's exotic shellfish export, the geoduck clam, have found no evidence of unsafe or excessive levels of arsenic, rebutting claims made by Chinese food safety authorities that followed?a sudden ban placed on ...
Foodborne illness outbreaks result when two or more persons develop similar symptoms of illness (gastroenteritis) after eating a common food, or become ill after consuming food from a common source. Such events occur relatively frequently ...
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In mid-December, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) introduced a bill that would move the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its seafood inspections to the U.S. Department of the Interior. More broadly, the act ...
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Health R&D Spending Moves Slowly Upward, Driven by Industry, Philanthropy and Voluntary Health Associations Federal R&D Funding Remains "Woefully Inadequate" to Address Health Threats and Global Competitiveness ?Highlights: ?Overall ...
If you're going to spend the necessary money in making sure the process of constructing a new building is environmentally-friendly, you might as well get the most for your dollar by using the Green Globes ratings system. That was the ...
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VANCOUVER, Dec. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -The Terms of the Sale Calico Resources Corp. (TSX-V: CKB) ("Calico") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding Memorandum of Agreement (the "Agreement") with Rockstar Resources, Inc. ...
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