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Posted at 5:04 PM on 29 Apr 2008

• Rockefellers push Exxon to go green.

• President Bush threatens to veto the farm bill.

• Wild Sky wilderness bill passes Congress.

• Developers float plans to build wind turbines in Lake Michigan.

• The world's third-biggest food retailer tests out carbon labels.

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