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Clean Power Plan offers chance to right past injustices, advocates say

Midwest Energy News | Posted onAugust 8, 2016 in Energy News

Advocates say a little-known provision of the Clean Power Plan could become a powerful tool to advance environmental justice. TheClean Energy Incentive Program is aimed at “removing barriers to investment in energy efficiency and solar measures in low‐income communities," plus sparking "zero-emitting" renewable energy development, as the U.S.


The Making of a Fractivist

Colorado Independent | Posted onAugust 8, 2016 in Energy News

Colorado has become ground zero for a fight being waged around the world by people opposing fracking for a variety of health and environmental reasons. Two ballot initiatives are pushing for enough signatures to make the November ballot. Initiative 75 would allow local governments to regulate fracking sites in their jurisdiction.


Opinion: The Freedom of Not Having to Farm

El Paso Herald Post | Posted onAugust 5, 2016 in Agriculture News

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently said: “Every one of us that’s not a farmer is not a farmer because we have farmers.”  That’s a lot of “farmer” in one sentence. And the powerful statement makes sense.  There aren’t many farmers among us. Less than two percent, as a matter of fact. Even more telling, 85 percent of what’s grown in our country is produced by less than one-tenth of one percent of our population.  Vilsack is right. We delegate the responsibility of feeding our families to a small percentage of this country.


In wake of N.Y. nuclear subsidies plan, debate shifts back to Illinois

EEnews | Posted onAugust 5, 2016 in Energy News

A vote by New York utility regulators approving nearly half a billion dollars in annual subsidies over the next two years for a trio of ailing nuclear plants was a victory for Exelon Corp., which owns two of the plants and is in talks with Entergy Corp.


Clean Power Plan:Calif. issues first-in-U.S. compliance plan

EEnews | Posted onAugust 5, 2016 in Energy News

California's landmark cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions and proposed amendments to extend that system will be used to comply with U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan, the state said.  The Golden State is the first in the country to publish a draft blueprint for fulfilling the federal agency's mandate, aimed at cutting existing power plant emissions, said Stanley Young, spokesman for the California Air Resources Board. ARB's draft plan comes as a court weighs the validity of EPA's Clean Power Plan.


Antibiotic Resistance: A Human Health Perspective

Animal Agriculture | Posted onAugust 5, 2016 in Agriculture News

The last century saw history’s most dramatic improvements in medical care and health, fueled to a great degree by the development and widespread use of antibiotics. However, in the conflict between bacterial evolution and human ingenuity, many reports suggest that in this century, the bacteria seem to have gained the advantage. Maintaining our dominance over bacterial infections will require more than just the application of scientific advances in fields like microbiology, bacterial and human genomics, biochemistry and information technology.


U of M plans new investment in ag research, education and Extension

University of Minnesota | Posted onAugust 5, 2016 in Agriculture News

A nearly $5 million state investment in agricultural productivity at the University of Minnesota will be used this year to hire scientists and improve infrastructure across seven areas of collaboration spanning three U of M colleges and at research and outreach and Extension sites across the state.  The plan announced today covers the first years of a multi-year investment known as the Agricultural Research, Education, Extension and Technology Transfer Program.


Rural areas pay more for health insurance

KRDO.com | Posted onAugust 5, 2016 in Rural News

Colorado's rural areas can't escape higher health insurance costs because it costs more to deliver health care. That's the conclusion Monday from the state Division of Insurance, which was ordered to study the problem of higher insurance prices on the Western Slope and in other rural areas. The Division looked at Colorado's nine geographic rating areas for health insurance.


Center for Food Safety to file lawsuit against gmo labeling bill

Food Consumer | Posted onAugust 5, 2016 in Federal News

Center for Food safety says it will be filing a federal lawsuit asking a court to declare the law unconstitutional.


Exclusive: Tyson Foods runs high-revenue, low-cost business

Watt Ag Net | Posted onAugust 5, 2016 in Food News

Tyson Foods is being transformed into a multi-protein consumer brands company that is defying earnings growth expectations. It’s on its way to eliminating perhaps a billion dollars in costs in three years and giving earning per share guidance of $4.20 to $4.30 in 2017. The catalyst for Tyson’s transformation from a commodity products company to consumer brands protein powerhouse is, of course, its acquisition of Hillshire Brands in 2014.


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