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U.S. judge halts California plan for warnings on glyphosate

By Tom Polansek February 27, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — A federal judge has temporarily blocked California’s plans to require cancer warnings on products containing glyphosate, in a win for manufacturer Monsanto. U.S. District Judge William Shubb said the warnings would be misleading because glyphosate is not known to cause cancer, according to court documents filed on Monday in California. He […] Read more

Livestock

Appeals court revives California ban on foie gras

By Jonathan Stempel, Lisa Baertlein September 15, 2017

Reuters — A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday revived a California state law banning the sale of foie gras made from force-fed birds. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a January 2015 lower court ruling striking down the law, saying the judge erred in concluding that the ban conflicted with a federal […] Read more

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California to limit pollutants from diesel exhaust to cow gas

By Sharon Bernstein September 19, 2016

Reuters — California on Monday moved to restrict air pollutants from sources as diverse as diesel trucks and cow flatulence, the latest of several efforts in the most populous U.S. state to reduce emissions leading to climate change. Under a bill signed Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, the state will cut emissions of methane […] Read more

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California first state to promise overtime to farmworkers

By Reuters September 12, 2016

Sacramento | Reuters — California will become the first U.S. state to require farmers to pay overtime to field workers and fruit pickers under a bill signed Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. The bill would phase in overtime pay for farmworkers from 2019 to 2022. In an industry where a workweek during the harvest […] Read more

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California communities beg for relief from drought restrictions

By Sharon Bernstein April 21, 2016

Sacramento | Reuters — California communities where a wet winter has filled reservoirs and begun ameliorating the state’s catastrophic four-year drought begged water regulators on Wednesday to reduce or eliminate emergency conservation measures imposed last year. Facing pushback from aggravated consumers under the ongoing rules, water utilities say they will have little credibility asking for […] Read more

A young commercial date palm planting in California’s Coachella Valley. (RF Lee photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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California rules led to near 25 per cent cut in water use

By Sharon Bernstein April 4, 2016

Sacramento | Reuters –– Residents and businesses in drought-stricken California cut back water use by nearly 25 per cent from June 2015 through the end of February 2016 — enough to supply nearly six million people for a year, officials said Monday. The state’s first ever mandatory cutbacks in water use were imposed by Democratic […] Read more

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Saudi dairy firm buying California land for fodder

By Reuters January 11, 2016

Reuters –– Saudi Arabia’s Almarai, the largest dairy company in the Gulf, has spent C$45 million to buy land in California to supply its business with alfalfa hay, it said Sunday. The 1,790 acres of land at Blythe — in the state’s southeast corner, about 200 km east of Palm Springs — was acquired through […] Read more

California’s Department of Water Resources gauges the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains through manual surveys, such as this one in late December 2004. (Paul Hames photo, copyright California Department of Water Resources)

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Deep snow in California mountains offers hope in drought

By Sharon Bernstein December 31, 2015

Reuters — A cold, wet start to California’s winter has dumped nearly five feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, state water experts said Wednesday, fuelling hope that 2016 will bring enough precipitation to help offset four years of drought. Snow surveyors headed to the mountains in Phillips near Lake Tahoe on Wednesday for […] Read more

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French co-op InVivo plans U.S. wine deal, more food shops

By Reuters December 15, 2015

Paris | Reuters –– French agricultural group InVivo is looking to acquire a wine distributor in the U.S. and could open up to 200 food shops in its home market as part of plans to double in size within a decade, InVivo’s CEO said on Tuesday. InVivo entered the wine sector this year through the […] Read more

Livestock

California considers adding meat to cancer-alert list

By P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek October 28, 2015

Reuters — California is examining new World Health Organization findings to determine whether to add red meat and foods such as hot dogs, sausages and bacon to a cancer-alert list, setting the stage for a potential battle with the meat industry over warning labels. The inclusion of meat and processed meat on the list could […] Read more

Tag Archives california — page 4

U.S. judge halts California plan for warnings on glyphosate

Appeals court revives California ban on foie gras

California to limit pollutants from diesel exhaust to cow gas

California first state to promise overtime to farmworkers

California communities beg for relief from drought restrictions

California rules led to near 25 per cent cut in water use

Saudi dairy firm buying California land for fodder

Deep snow in California mountains offers hope in drought

French co-op InVivo plans U.S. wine deal, more food shops

California considers adding meat to cancer-alert list

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