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'Green News Report' - May 14, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.14.2013 | Green
Read More: Supreme Court, Tesla Motors, Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Wall Street Journal, Monsanto, Pipeline, Consumer Reports, Video, Fossil Fuels, John Kerry, Climate Science, Electric Cars, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Sequestration, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, California, Tom Vilsack, Climate, Carbon Dioxide, Manufacturing, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Sally Jewell, Green News, Wildfires, Fox News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'...

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Republican Makes Big Push To Restore Federal Payments

AP | BEN NEARY | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics
Read More: Federal Cuts Mineral Royalty, Mineral Royalty Payments, Mineral Royalties, Royalty Payments, Mike Enzi, Tom Vilsack, Federal Cuts, Repubicans, Cynthia Lummis Mineral Funds, Wyoming, Cynthia Lummis, Federal Mineral Royalty Payments, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Politics News

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A Wyoming congresswoman is sponsoring legislation that would restore $110 million in federal mineral royalty payments to 35 sta...

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Horse Slaughterhouse To Open Soon

AP | JERI CLAUSING | Posted 05.02.2013 | Green
Read More: Video, Valley Meat Co., Tom Vilsack, Horse Slaughter, Horse, New Mexico Horse Slaughterhouse, Valley Meat, Horse Slaughterhouse, Green News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The southern New Mexico plant that has been fighting for more than a year for permission to slaughter horses will open soon, unle...

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U.S. Dairy Industry: Leading the Way in Sustainable Innovation

Sec. Tom Vilsack | Posted 04.24.2013 | Business
Read More: Energy, Usda, Earth Day, Tom Vilsack, Dairy, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Obama Administration, Green Energy, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S. Department of Agriculture, President Obama, Climate, Business News
Sec. Tom Vilsack

U.S. dairy producers are leading the way in productivity and innovation when it comes to sustainable practices. Earlier this afternoon, I joined Innov...

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USDA StrikeForce: Expanding Partnerships and Opportunity in Rural Communities

Sec. Tom Vilsack | Posted 03.26.2013 | Politics
Read More: North Dakota, Alaska, Tom Vilsack, Agriculture, Texas, Arizona, South Dakota, Usda, Alabama, Virginia, Rural America, South Carolina, Strikeforce, Utah, U.S. Department of Agriculture, North Carolina, Video, Politics News
Sec. Tom Vilsack

Unfortunately, 90 percent of America's persistent poverty counties are in rural America -- and we can't allow these areas to be left behind. This week, USDA is further expanding a program to partner with rural communities on projects they support to promote economic growth.

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How Sequester Will Affect Our Meat

The Huffington Post | Joe Satran | Posted 03.05.2013 | Business
Read More: Sequester Meat, Sequester Cuts Meat, Huffpost Full Plate, Video, Tom Vilsack, Beef, Usda Meat Inspections, Sequester Meat Inspections, Usda Furlough, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, USDA Meat, Usda Meat Inspection Furlough, Sequester, Sequester Cuts, Business News

Of all the possible consequences of the U.S. budget sequestration that popped up in the media before Friday's deadline, few provoked as much fear and ...

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'Green News Report' - February 26, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.28.2013 | Green
Read More: Floods, Green Jobs, Fracking, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Drought, Video, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Electric Cars, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Climate, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Permafrost, Arctic, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Alaska, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Department of Defense, Navy, Coal, Tom Vilsack, Nuclear Power, Corn, Jerry Brown, Green News
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TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'...

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Home State Poll Finds Outspoken GOP Lawmaker 'Unappealing'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 02.09.2013 | Politics
Read More: Iowa Senate, Bruce Braley Senate, Video, Iowa 2014, Tom Vilsack, Tom Harkin, Tom Vilsack Senate, Bruce Braley, Iowa Senate Poll, Iowa Senate Race, Tom Latham, Steve King, Steve King Senate, Politics News

The race to predict the race in Iowa to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin is on. Republican Rep. Steve King is favored among GOP primary vot...

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USDA To Announce New Healthy School Snack Rules

Reuters | Posted 04.01.2013 | Home
Read More: Usda School Snack Guidelines, USDA School Lunch Guidelines, Tom Vilsack, Healthy School Snacks, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, Healthy School Lunches, Reuters, School Lunches, Student Obesity, Tom Vilsack School Lunches, Student Health, Usda Healthy School Lunch Guidelines, Public School Lunches, Usda, Usda School Snacks, Healthy School Lunch, Childhood Obesity, Home News

* USDA secretary says foods rule expected early 2013 * Soft drink makers needed time to change products -Vilsack * Advoc...

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Vilsack: Gun Control Debate Has Changed

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 12.30.2012 | Politics
Read More: Gun Violence, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Politics News, Newtown, Video, Sandy Hook, Obama Gun Control, Newtown Shooting, Tom Vilsack, Tom Vilsack Gun Control, Tom Vilsack Newtown, Gun Control Debate, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Newtown school shootings have changed the gun control debate and that rural America is ready ...

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USDA To Allow More Meat, Grains In School Lunches

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 12.09.2012 | Home
Read More: Michelle Obama, Usda School Lunches, Fat Teens, Tom Vilsack, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunches, Teen Obesity, School Lunch Standards, Michelle Obama Healthy Kids, Healthy School Lunch, School Lunch Guidelines, Childhood Obesity, Michelle Obama School Lunches, School Lunch Legislation, School Lunch Regulations, Fat Kids, Free/Reduced Lunch, USDA School Lunch Guidelines, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Home News

WASHINGTON -- The Agriculture Department is responding to criticism over new school lunch rules by allowing more grains and meat in kids' meals. Agri...

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Key Group Slammed As 'Less And Less Relevant'

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 12.08.2012 | Politics
Read More: Video, Rural Voters, Rural America, Tom Vilsack, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Tom Vilsack Rural America, Elections 2012, Obama, Usda, Barack Obama 2012, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has some harsh words for rural America: It's "becoming less and less relevant," he says. A month afte...

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Fattest Country In The World: Are Schools To Blame For America's Obesity Epidemic?

Posted 02.05.2013 | Home
Read More: HuffPost Live, Michelle Obama School Lunches, School Meals, Michelle Obama, Video, Tom Vilsack, School Lunches, Student Obesity, Tom Vilsack School Lunches, Student Health, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Student Nutrition, Obesity in Schools, Childhood Obesity, Home News

To borrow a line from Kermit the frog, it's not easy being green -- or, eating green. America is the fattest country in the world, and only ranks s...

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Jon Stewart Takes On School Lunch Fight, Tells Kids: Eat Your Food!

Posted 11.28.2012 | Home
Read More: School Lunch Legislation, School Meals, Michelle Obama, Daily Show, Wisconsin Schools, Tom Vilsack, Jon Stewart, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunches, Kansas Schools, Student Health, Student Nutrition, The Daily Show, Childhood Obesity, Home News

There's been quite a bit of tension since First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack rolled out their new school lunch initiative...

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GOP Bill Moves To Repeal USDA Calorie Limits On School Lunches

Posted 09.19.2012 | Home
Read More: Michelle Obama, Usda School Lunches, Tom Vilsack, School Lunch Reform, School Lunch Calorie Limits, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunches, Michelle Obama School Lunch Program Takes Effect, Poll, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Steve King, National School Lunch Program, Michelle Obama School Lunches, Video, USDA School Lunch Guidelines, Healthier School Lunches, Are School Lunches Healthy, Rep. Tim Huelskamp, Tim Huelskamp, Usda, School-Lunches, School Lunch, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Rep. Steve King, School Lunch Boycott, Home News

As the new school year begins, fresh school lunch regulations are in effect to encourage healthy eating. But not everyone's pleased. While students fr...

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What Students Will Be Eating Under New Lunch Guidelines

Posted 10.20.2012 | Home
Read More: Michelle Obama, Usda School Lunches, Tom Vilsack, Healthy School Lunches, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, School Lunches, Childhood Nutrition, Slideexpand, School Lunch Guidelines, Healthy School Lunch, National School Lunch Program, School Lunch Legislation, Video, USDA School Lunch Guidelines, Michelle Obama Childhood Obesity, Usda, Student Nutrition, School Lunch, Home News

New U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines for school lunches are taking effect this fall, as part of a healthy school lunch initiative put forth i...

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'Green News Report' - July 26, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.25.2012 | Green
Read More: Floods, Green Jobs, United Nations, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Stephen Colbert, Drought, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Farming, Climate, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Nasa, Glaciers, Arctic Ice Melt, Agriculture, Navy, Public Lands, Greenland, Ken Salazar, Ray Mabus, Usda, Interior Department, Biofuels, Tom Vilsack, Great Green Fleet, Food, Olympics, Infrastructure, Africa, London Olympics, Geoengineering, Ozone, David Letterman, Green News
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TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Drought e...

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Study: Proposed School Lunch Nutrition Guidelines Will Benefit School Budgets

Posted 10.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Michelle Obama, School Nutrition Standards, Tom Vilsack, Healthy School Lunches, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, School Lunches, Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, Health Impact Project, Michelle Obama School Lunches, School Lunch Legislation, Video, School Meals, Student Health, Usda, Student Nutrition, US Department of Agriculture, Home News

Updating national nutrition standards for snack foods and beverages sold in schools -- a move proposed by first lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Se...

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GOP Governor Disenfranchises Thousands

AP | By RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 06.24.2012 | Politics
Read More: Iowa, Video, American Civil Liberties Union, Iowa Felons, Iowa Felons Voting Rights, Tom Vilsack, Voting Rights, Terry Branstad, Democrats, Republicans, Voting, Politics News

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Republican Gov. Terry Branstad has made Iowa one of the most difficult states in the nation for felons to vote, with an executive o...

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Congress Is Still Wasting Money

Jerry Jasinowski | Posted 08.22.2012 | Politics
Read More: Waste, Congress, Tom Vilsack, Agriculture, Politics News
Jerry Jasinowski

Anyone who wonders how we got into our current fiscal mess need look no further than the latest farm bill.

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20 Years Later, the Biotech Brigade Marches on...

Heather Pilatic | Posted 08.04.2012 | Green
Read More: Nina Federoff, Biotech Agriculture, Pesticides, Gmos, Michael Taylor, Ge, Islam Siddiqui, Tom Vilsack, Biotech Brigade, Dan Quayle, Genetically Engineered Foods, Revolving Door, Big Ag, Genetically Modified Food, Fda, Biotech, GMO Labeling, Green News
Heather Pilatic

When government officials are consistently opposed to the idea of regulation (i.e. the implementation of rules of governance) one wonders what they're doing in their posts... other than jockeying for a better-paid exit when they next waltz through the revolving door.

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Children v. Dirty Business

William S. Becker | Posted 06.11.2012 | Green
Read More: Global Commons, Soil, Our Children's Trust, Common Law, Tom Vilsack, Lawsuits, Obama Administration, Atmosphere, Steven Chu, Climate Change, Water, National Association of Manufacturers, Gary Locke, Federal Court, Public Trust Doctrine, Oceans, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Lisa Jackson, Ken Salazar, Forests, Air, Green News
William S. Becker

On May 11, a group of children will face off against the Obama administration and the NAM, arguing that common law requires governments to protect critical natural resources on behalf of current and future generations.

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10 Candidates All Students Should Support

Nick Mitch | Posted 08.28.2012 | Teen
Read More: Gary Latanich, Elizabeth Warren, 2012: Our Election, Sherrod Brown, Asher-Heimermann, Senate Candidates, Amy Klobuchar, Shelli Yoder, Tammy Duckworth, Christie Vilsack, Youth Vote, Education Reform, Tom Vilsack, Teen News
Nick Mitch

There are many excellent candidates running in this election, but the above eight will be fierce advocates for youth. Please consider supporting them in any way you can.

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Emails Reveal White House Role In Sherrod Ouster

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.08.2012 | Politics
Read More: Vilsack Sherrod, Obama Sherrod, Andrew Breitbart, Video, Bv-Politics, Tom Vilsack, Sherrod, Shirley Sherrod, Breitbart Sherrod, Obama, Shirley Sherrod USDA, Sherrod Vilsack, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- White House officials were in close contact with the Agriculture Department in the hours leading up to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack...

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A New Guide to Local and Regional Food

Sec. Tom Vilsack | Posted 04.30.2012 | Home
Read More: Organic Farming, Farming, Tom Vilsack, Agriculture, Farmers, Home News
Sec. Tom Vilsack

It's the public face of our commitment to help agricultural operations of all sizes take advantage of new opportunities, meet the growing demand for local and regional food and succeed in America's diverse marketplace.

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