Washington DC -July 27- Consumer Confidence, which fell sharply in June, fell again in July, according to The Conference Board report released today from New York City.

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Washington DC -May 25- Over half of Wisconsin’s Congressional representatives have gone on record to support efforts to remove the gray wolf from the list of endangered species.

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Washington DC –May 17- In conjunction with the announcement today that the Department of the Interior and the Council on Environmental Quality will review the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act, Interior will also review the process through which offshore oil and gas operations are reviewed under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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Washington DC -May 10- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acting Director Rowan Gould announced today $12.8 million will be awarded to 31 states under the Clean Vessel Act grant program in 2010.

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Washington DC -April 19- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and other USDA officials will dedicate the final component of the National Centers for Animal Health (NCAH).  The cutting-edge center provides laboratories, offices, animal space and administrative space for some of the nation’s top animal health scientists and researchers.

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Washington DC - April 12 - The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) says a negotiated settlement with Brazil over the cotton dispute compromises the U.S. cattle industry and risks the introduction of animal disease into the U.S.

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Washington DC - April 2 - The number of grizzly bears killed in British Columbia is regularly exceeding the provincial government’s own limits on bear kills – largely because of trophy hunting, according to new research released on the first day of the hunting season in B.C.

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Washington DC - March 18 - Due to a significant increase in adverse incidents, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of actions to increase the safety of spot-on pesticide products for flea and tick control for cats and dogs.

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Washington DC - February 16 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the USDA has taken the first step toward implementing a plan to address veterinary shortages throughout rural America by repaying student loans in return for services in areas suffering from a lack of veterinarians.

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Washington DC - February 8 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announced that USDA will develop a new, flexible framework for animal disease traceability in the United States, and undertake several other actions to further strengthen its disease prevention and response capabilities.

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Washington DC - February 3 - USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced $24 million in grants to study animal heath, reproduction, breeding, genetics and nutrition.

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Washington DC - January 8 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that USDA has already made more than $175 million in disaster payments to America’s livestock producers after implementing two new programs in 2009.

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Washington DC - December 31 - A judge halted construction of a primate-breeding facility in the Puerto Rican town of Guayama that has raised serious health and environmental concerns among local residents.

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Washington DC - December 15 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in cooperation with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), released The Effects of Climate Change on U.S. Ecosystems at the climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Washington DC - November 2 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is withdrawing the recently published interim rule  to increase fees charged for certain agricultural quarantine and inspection services.

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