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		<title>Michigan oil spill highlights potential danagers to proposed oil pipeline in Nebraska</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Friends of the Earth, a grassroots global environmental group that represented in 77 countries, said Friday that a pipeline carrying oil from Canada into the U.S. that ruptured and spilled more than a million gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan is the kind of danger that could happen if a proposed oil [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aglines.com/2010/07/michigan-oil-spill-highlights-potential-danagers-to-proposed-oil-pipeline-in-nebraska/</link>
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		<title>International conspiracy against biofuels exposed?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) said a newly released reportfrom the Development Prospects Group at the World Bank, concludes that “…the effect of biofuels on food prices has not been as large as originally thought, but that the use of commodities by financial investors (the so-called &#8220;financialization of commodities”) may have been partly responsible for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aglines.com/2010/07/international-conspiracy-against-biofuels-exposed/</link>
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		<title>The real reason why opposition to cap-and-trade?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New research by Bloomberg New Energy Finance this week shows that fossil fuel subsidies are 12 times greater than for renewables.
According to the analysis, governments of the world are spending substantially more on subsidizing fossil fuels than on renewables and biofuels.
&#8220;In all, governments of the world provided approximately $43-46 billion to renewable energy and biofuels [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aglines.com/2010/07/the-real-reason-why-opposition-to-cap-and-trade/</link>
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		<title>Johanns explains opposition to cap and trade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an op-ed piece by Sen. Mike Johanns, R-NE., he said explains his opposition to cap-and-trade and that it&#8217;s based more on principal than politics.
Johanns said support has faded for a Senate cap-and-trade bill that taxes greenhouse gas emissions.
&#8220;Headlines like &#8220;Democrats Call Off Climate Bill Effort&#8221; indicate that legislators listened to their constituents, who reject [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aglines.com/2010/07/johanns-explains-opposition-to-cap-and-trade/</link>
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		<title>Nebraska oil pipeline raises concerns about oil industry&#8217;s track record of environmental malfeasance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With Nebraskans concern about a proposed oil pipeline crossing the state, a new report from the National Wildlife Federation has cataloged a &#8220;decade of serious oil spills, fires, leaks and loss of life over the last decade that they says underscores petroleum company malfeasance.&#8221;
 According to the report, NWF said &#8220;from 2000 to 2010, the oil and gas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aglines.com/2010/07/nebraska-oil-pipeline-raises-concerns-about-oil-industrys-track-record-on-environmental-malfeasance/</link>
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		<title>Republicans block help for small, rural businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., on Thursday voted for cloture on the Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010. He said the fully paid-for bill would provide tax incentives and a $30 billion loan fund to help small businesses expand and provide jobs. The Senate’s 58-42 vote fell short of the 60 votes needed to move forward [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aglines.com/2010/07/republicans-block-help-for-small-rural-businesses/</link>
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		<title>Smith introduces small-scale hydropower act</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While Congress has yet to commit to a comprehensive national energy policy, especially as the Gulf spill has raised the national consciousness about this country&#8217;s dangerous addicition to fossil fuel. There&#8217;s a lot of good ideas for energy independence, both large and small. The key has always been diversification of the nation&#8217;s energy resources.
On Thursday, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aglines.com/2010/07/smith-introduces-small-scale-hydropower-act/</link>
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		<title>Is America&#8217;s small businesses in decline from corporate consolidation?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday that U.S. businesses with paid employees lost almost 104,000 establishments in 2008, bringing the total number to 7.6 million.
However, the total number of people they employed rose to 121 million, with businesses adding approximately 300,000 employees to their payrolls.
According to the Census Bureau, these findings come from County Business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aglines.com/2010/07/is-americas-small-businesses-in-decline-from-corporate-consolidation/</link>
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		<title>Johanns urges Ag Secretary to support Heineman&#8217;s ag disaster request</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) sent a letter Wednesday to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in support of Governor Dave Heineman&#8217;s request for agricultural disaster declarations for nine Nebraska counties due to crop damage as a result of extensive storms and flooding earlier this summer. 
 “Nebraska farmers and ranchers suffered huge losses earlier this summer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aglines.com/2010/07/johanns-urges-ag-secretary-to-support-heinemans-ag-disaster-request/</link>
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		<title>Smith&#8217;s bill passes House ag committee on veterinary shortages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Congressman Adrian Smith’s (R-NE) legislation addressing veterinary shortages in rural communities passed the House Agriculture Committee Wednesday.  The Veterinary Services Investment Act (H.R. 3519) would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to award competitive grants to help develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services. 
 The legislation will next be considered by the full House of Representatives.
&#8220;This was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aglines.com/2010/07/smiths-bill-passes-house-ag-committee-on-veterinary-shortages/</link>
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