   | industryV.21 No.16 | 4/19/2012  News ProfileMining the LawAn interview with Pete Domenici Jr., attorney for industryFor Domenici Jr., it's a question of balance: "You start with the premise that the reality is that human beings will affect their environment when resources are developed," he says. "So as a society we have to figure out ways to protect the environment while allowing population growth and economic growth to occur."
V.18 No.16 | 4/16/2009  Bill Longshaw Food NewsFactory Farm BillsSeparating the alarmist hype from the scary truth on Capitol HillMy inbox has been pummeled by e-mails warning me of the evils of a bill working its way through Congress. Sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., H.R. 875—aka the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009—is one of a raft of bills introduced in the wake of the peanut butter-borne salmonella outbreak.
V.18 No.2 | 1/8/2009  Photo courtesy of Tom Vilsack's Flickr account Food NewsSizing up VilsackWhat Obama’s secretary of agriculture pick means for the future of U.S. farmingWhen former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack's name first surfaced as a possible secretary of agriculture, it triggered an outcry among progressive foodies. The Organic Consumers Association organized a massive campaign in which 20,000 e-mails opposing Vilsack were sent to the Obama transition team.
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