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Fortune 500 companies rally against global warming
13 Fortune 500 companies representing oil, automakers, utilities and =
other big industries said Thursday they will join a campaign to rally =
support to fight global warming. Bucking many smokestack industries, the =
companies will lend their names and non-financial support to a campaign =
by the Pew Charitable Trusts to educate the public on the risks of =
global warming and on and possible remedies. The Philadelphia-based Pew =
Charitable Trust, with an annual grant-making budget of more than $190 =
million, said it will finance the initiative that will include an =
advertising campaign, as well as analyses on climate change threats and =
cost-effective ways to cut heat-trapping industrial emissions. See =
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=3D2554048686-936
USDA rolls back from organic food standards
After being deluged with a record 200,000 angry letters, the Agriculture =
Department will roll back from proposals that now allow organic food to =
contain sewage sludge or bioengineered material, congressional and =
industry sources said Thursday. Opponents ranging from singer Willie =
Nelson to a bipartisan group of 48 members of Congress had joined =
organic farmers in attacking the USDA's controversial proposal. The =
Agriculture Department was expected to announce Friday it would in =
effect eliminate the controversial rules, and start over again, the =
sources said. See =
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=3D2554048334-e88
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