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EPA Plans Emissions Cuts For Airplanes And Trucks

In the coming weeks, the EPA is also expected to unveil rules aimed at reducing emissions of methane—a potent greenhouse gas—from oil and natural-gas operations.

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San Francisco Lawmakers Call For Warning Labels On Sugary Beverages

The ordinance also requires warnings for other products such as sports and energy drinks, vitamin waters and iced teas that exceed the 25 calorie limit, but milk and 100 percent natural fruit and vegetable juice drinks are exempt.

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WhiteWave Foods Co. To Acquire Plant-Based Nutrition Maker Vega For $550 M

Vega offers a broad range of market-leading plant-based nutrition products - primarily powdered shakes and snack bars - containing nutrient-dense, superfood ingredients.

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New England Officials: FSMA Could Hurt Local Farms

Connecticut's commissioner of agriculture Steven Reviczky thinks FSMA's lack of funding could undercut the growth of farms in the Northeast.

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Hillary Clinton Endorses $15 Minimum Wage For Fast Food Workers

Speaking by phone Sunday morning to more than 1,200 workers and organizers from the Fight For 15 movement gathered in Detroit, Clinton showed her most robust support yet for the national effort to raise pay for fast food workers.

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Tricycle-Powered Food Delivery Teams With New Food Hub In Portland, Ore.

The company recently said it is teaming with nonprofit Ecotrust to operate warehouse, processing and cold storage operations at The Redd on Salmon, a new food hub being developed on two blocks in the Central Eastside Industrial District.

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Food Chain Workers Alliance Slams Walmart’s Supply Chain Practices

The FWCA contends that Walmart’s supply chain strategy “leads it to source disproportionately from places with lax local environmental and labor regulations.”

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Automated Guided Vehicles Set To Soar Through 2019

The growing industrial pressure to produce more, in less time is creating awareness about the benefits of using AGVs for material handling and is a major factor driving the market growth.

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Nestle SA Pulls Maggi Noodles In India Over Lead Contamination

Maggi two-minute noodles, which sell at roughly a dozen rupees ($0.20) per single-serving packet, are a hugely popular snack in India.

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FDA Establishes Expedited Review For Food Imports With Proven Safety Record

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The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, signed into law in January 2011, provides the FDA with new authorities to ensure that foods imported into the U.S. meet the same safety standards as those set for domestically produced foods.

Tesla Motors Co-Founder Seeks to Electrify Commercial Trucks

Even though investors and auto critics love Tesla, Ian Wright argues that for ordinary drivers, electric vehicles still don’t make economic sense, because the savings on fuel don’t recoup the high upfront costs.

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Water Risks Challenge Global Food Industry: What’s Being Done?

Seventy percent of the world’s freshwater is used to irrigate crops and raise animals, and one-third of total food production is in areas of high or extremely high water stress, or competition.

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