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DOE partners with DWEA to bolster Wind for Schools

- DOEs Wind Program will partner with the Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA) to support the long-term viability of the Wind for Schools program. DOE says that the partnership is part of a broader effort to not only support the growth of the program, but to als
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for June 9, 2016

Energy-Water Spending Bill, Chairman Pete Sessions, USDA, FDA, House Appropriations Committee, Chairman Mike Conaway, SNAP, Hillary Clinton, Patty Judge, Chuck Grassley, Steve King, Narendra Modi, Marconi Gibson, Michelle Obama
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Senate battles clock to preempt state GMO label laws

The clock is fast running out on the Senate to stop Vermont€s GMO labeling law from taking effect July 1. The chairman and ranking Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee both tell Agri-Pulse they want to get an agreement, but some of the same issues that were in play last mo
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'Drive' with caution, NAS biotech panel advises

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2016 € Gene drives € which use genetic information to eliminate undesirable traits in an organisms € hold great promise for solving public health, ecological or agricultural problems. But that doesn€t mean society should rush to release them
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Forget about reorganizing the agencies?

President Obama last year proposed to create a single food-safety agency that would combine inspection programs at USDA and FDA, an idea that had long been pushed by several senior Democratic lawmakers, including Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Illinois and House appropriator Ro
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House GOP eyes overhaul of SNAP, school meals

- House Republican leaders are making it clear that they want to push ahead with reforms to food stamps and school meal programs in the next Congress. Speaker Paul Ryan was joined by House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway and other lawmakers on Tuesday in announcing a plan that they said
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