Friday, April 12, 2013

Dutch March Flower Exports Fall 10% as Cold Weather Hurts Demand - Bloomberg
The Netherlands’ flower and plant exports, the world’s biggest, dropped 10 percent in March after shipments of potted plants slumped to most European destinations on freezing weather.
Why Obama's Environmental Pick Drives Republicans Crazy - Management - GovExec.com
“I am concerned that the central functions of the agency have been obfuscated by ideology, frustrated by a severe lack of transparency, undermined by science the agency keeps hidden, and implemented without regard for economic consequences,” Vitter said. “The EPA eschews at all costs economic modeling that would verify the true impacts of the regulatory agenda that now provides this country with the lowest workforce participation rate since the Carter Administration. Cost/benefit analyses as required under various executive orders and as required by the Clean Air Act…yet EPA remains intransigent in its opposition to having a transparent economic analysis process.”
Quorn Encourages Sustainably Grown Meat Alternatives to Offset Global Warming
Quorn, a healthy food advocate, recommends consuming more meat alternative products to prevent global warming.
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Instead of eating [David Wilson, a representative from healthy food manufacturer Quorn], Wilson says people should switch to meat alternative products. “Quorn products are delicious and taste better than meat,” he says.
Video: Nurseries forced to dump millions of pounds of plants due to cold weather - Telegraph
Gemma Neech from West Kington Nurseries admits that sales of plants have been hit hard by the cold weather and many are simply being thrown away.

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