News tagged with lobbying
Device approval exposes political pressure on FDA
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 25, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has taken the unprecedented step of acknowledging that it buckled to "extreme" pressure from Capitol Hill in its approval of a knee repair device last year. While FDA officials call ...
Tax lobbying provides 22,000 percent return to multinational firms, KU researchers find
Apr 09, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Three professors at the University of Kansas have found that a one-time tax break allowed multinational corporations to receive a 22,000 percent average return on lobbying expenditures.
Search results for lobbying
AMA votes to seek repeal of 'don't ask,don't tell'
Nov 10, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
(AP) -- The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and declared that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities.
Google's 3Q lobbying costs eclipse $1 million
Nov 04, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(AP) -- Google Inc.'s quarterly lobbying expenses eclipsed $1 million for the first time during the summer as the company tried to build on its dominance of Internet search and expand into other markets.
Nuclear energy becomes pivotal in climate debate
Oct 25, 2009 |
3.8 / 5 (5) |
13
(AP) -- Nuclear energy, once vilified by environmentalists and facing a dim future, has become a pivotal bargaining chip as Senate Democrats hunt for Republican votes to pass climate legislation.
School children could lead the way on sustainability
Oct 21, 2009 |
2.3 / 5 (3) |
1
Many children are not only passionate about environmental issues, but more than capable of driving forward sustainability initiatives, argues new research into the role of schools in developing more sustainable communities. ...
AT&T asks employees to lobby FCC on net neutrality
Oct 20, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
(AP) -- AT&T Inc. is encouraging employees to join its lobbying campaign against proposed federal rules that would restrict the ways broadband companies can manage traffic on their networks.
Shifting the world to 100 percent clean, renewable energy as early as 2030 -- here are the numbers
Oct 19, 2009 |
3.5 / 5 (31) |
21
Most of the technology needed to shift the world from fossil fuel to clean, renewable energy already exists. Implementing that technology requires overcoming obstacles in planning and politics, but doing so ...
Climate concerns turn city's smell into cash cow
Oct 17, 2009 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
0
(AP) -- The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century. These days it's more than just a potent reminder of the region's agricultural roots and the hundreds of thousands of cattle raised ...
Scientists protest plan to loosen patent protection on genetic research
Oct 11, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
4
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials are lashing out at new recommendations from an influential federal panel that could dramatically weaken patent protection for the university's genetic research.
FCC launches probe of Google Voice service
Oct 09, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(AP) -- Federal regulators will look into complaints by AT&T Inc. that Google Inc.'s free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to rural communities where local phone companies charge ...
A woman in space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
In the early years of the "space race" (1957-1975) two men sought to test a scientifically simple yet culturally complicated theory: that women might be innately better suited for space travel than men. In ...
List of search results for lobbying
