Imperial Valley News Center
Scientists ID Genes Associated With Educational Attainment
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- Written by Emily Gersema
Los Angeles, California - An international group of 253 scientists has conducted one of the largest genetic studies to date and identified 74 genetic variants that are associated with the years of formal education that an individual completes.
Children of farm workers becoming tech professionals
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- Written by Krista Almanza via NPR
Salinas, California - An unlikely class of college graduates will walk the stage on Saturday. They’re the product of intensive three-year bachelor’s degree program in computer science called CSin3. We first told you about it when it launched three years ago.
U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Travel to Mexico
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Washington, DC - U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Dr. Jonathan Pershing and a small delegation will travel May 18 – 19 to Mexico City for meetings with Mexican officials on areas of clean energy, reducing emissions and adapting to climate change impacts.
Growing Inspiration via 17 Farming Heroes
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- Written by Danielle Nierenberg and Rocco Pallin
Washington, DC - The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has estimated that there are more than 570 million farms in the world. Behind each farm – at least 90 percent of which are considered family farms – is a farmer, or team of farmers, collectively responsible for growing the world’s food. Food Tank is highlighting farmer heroes who go beyond cultivating the land, acting as employers, experimenters, keepers of tradition, and contributors to healthy lifestyles.
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Indictment of Plains All-American Pipeline on Criminal Charges Resulting From May 2015 Santa Barbara County Oil Spill
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Santa Barbara, California - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce E. Dudley today announced that Plains All-American Pipeline has been indicted by a grand jury on 46 criminal charges related to the May 2015 oil spill in Santa Barbara County. A Plains All-American Pipeline employee was also indicted on 3 criminal charges.
USDA Increases FY 2016 U.S. Sugar Overall Allotment Quantity and Raw Cane Sugar Import Access
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an increase to the fiscal year 2016 Overall Allotment Quantity (OAQ) for domestic sugar, reassigned some of the projected surplus sugar marketing allotments among processors, and reassigned part of the surplus cane sugar marketing allotment to raw cane sugar imports. USDA recognizes that America's beet sugar producers have made significant investments in a strong 2016 crop, but they continue to face uncertainty.
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