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Office supply giant Staples Inc. dropped Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. (APP), one of the world's largest paper companies, as a supplier due to concerns over its environmental performance, reports Tom Wright of the Wall Street Journal.
House lawmakers are proposing a new version of a wide-ranging farm bill in an attempt to appease the White House, which had contended that the legislation was full of wasteful spending.
Global-warming pollution from Midwest oil refineries is expected to soar by as much as 40 percent during the next decade, a dramatic increase that runs counter to regional and national efforts to curb heat-trapping gases.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chances are about even that Lake Mead, the prime source of water for the desert city of Las Vegas, will run dry in 13 years if usage is not cut back, according to study released on Tuesday.
The finding is the latest warning about water woes threatening the future of the fast-growing U.S. casino capital and comes amid a sustained drought in the American West.
The Monrovia-based grocery store chain, known for its selection of budget gourmet and ethnic offerings, said Monday that it would phase out the sale of single-ingredient items -- such as garlic and spinach -- that are imported from China.
"Our customers have voiced their concerns about products from this region and we have listened," the company said in a statement.
The farm bill compromise being drafted by House Agriculture Committee leaders would set stricter eligibility rules for crop subsidies, lobbyists said on Tuesday.
The package also would drop the idea of higher subsidy rates for crops including wheat and soybeans; end the so-called loan deficiency bonus; and limit enrollment in the largest U.S. land stewardship programs.
Multinationals have set up 1,160 research institutions in China by the end of 2007, according to figures with the Ministry of Commerce.
Multinationals have set up 1,160 research institutions in China by the end of 2007, according to figures with the Ministry of Commerce.
It may sound counter-intuitive but a Democratic president could provide Canada with the just opening it needs to drag its trade relationship with United States into the 21st century -- assuming the Harper government has brains and the courage to capitalize on it.
It is true neither Hillary Clinton
nor Barack Obama
are free-traders.
MIAMI _ Across Latin America, cautionary lights are starting to blink as economic leaders fear the diminished economic power of the United States will spell financial disruption for the nations to the south.
Apparently in reaction to rumors that they are trying to write a farm bill with the Bush administration and cut the Senate out of the action, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and ranking member Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., plan to send farm leaders an open letter Sunday explaining that they expect the Senate to play a role in the farm bill conference report proposal they
THE DALLES, Ore., Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Just weeks after passing a major energy bill, some congressional leaders are questioning whether certain portions of the law are achievable.
True lovers of organic food have always been willing to pay more for it: They spend $3.99 on a half gallon of organic milk when a whole gallon of conventional milk costs $1 less. But that devotion may soon be tested.
Sen. Max Baucus has been named to the Farm Bill Conference Committee, which is tasked with merging the House and Senate versions of the new farm bill.
Senate Finance Chairman Baucus has prepared a farm bill compromise and is seeking support from four conferees -- Senate Budget Chairman Conrad, Agriculture ranking member Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Sens. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., a Senate Democratic aide said today.
President Bush swore in a new Agriculture secretary Wednesday and warned that he would veto any farm bill that would raise taxes or did not include changes in some farm programs." Former North Dakota governor Ed Schafer "is taking charge at the agency in the midst of contentious negotiations on a $286 billion bill passed by both the House and Senate.