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The debate over food-based fuel continues in Washington |
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WASHINGTON, DC—The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Chairman Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME), held a hearing titled, “Fuel Subsidies: Is there an Impact on Food Supply and Prices?” The committee heard from witnesses who testified that the increasing price of food is causing an increase in the number of hungry and poverty stricken individuals in the U.S. and throughout the world, and that the rising demand for ethanol is likely a contributing factor in the increased price of food. The committee examined whether U.S. policy, such as that which encourages the production of corn for use in biofuels such as ethanol, should be revisited.
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Swan Island ready for visitors |
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The rise of county-based Boards of Health |
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BATH - What started in 2001 as a small think tank developed into a pilot project in 2005 called the Sagadahoc County Health Improvement Project, or SHIP, a county public health department. In 2005, SHIP was renamed the Sagadahoc County Board of Health and its members were officially sworn in, creating the first and only such organization in the state.
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