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•  AGRICULTURE. Cornerstone Government Affairs is lobbying for the National Stone Council on “commodity research and promotion programs,” lobbying records show.

• CLIMATE. Holland & Knight is lobbying for the American Forest & Paper Association on climate change legislation and other issues.

{mosads}• FOOD. Alston & Bird is lobbying for Safeway, the grocery store chain. Robert Jones, a former aide to Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.); Kathryn Marks, a former aide to then-Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.); and Stephanie Kennan, a former aide to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), lobby on energy, food safety, pension and healthcare issues on behalf of Safeway.

• HEALTHCARE. Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal is lobbying for Tampa General Hospital on healthcare policy relating to Medicare and Medicaid, lobbying records show. Mary Langowski, a former Senate Agriculture Committee staff aide, and Mary Beth Stanton, a former legislative assistant to Rep. Anthony Weiner (D.N.Y.), are lobbying for the hospital.

• MINING. Crowell & Moring is lobbying for Pacific Rim Mining. Paul Behrends, a former adviser to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), and Deborah Atwood, a former official with the Environmental Protection Agency, are lobbying on a mining issue in El Salvador, federal records show.

• RENEWABLES. Tonio Burgos & Associates is lobbying for GE Energy Financial Services. The firm is lobbying in support of production tax credits for the wind energy industry, lobbying records show.

• TAXES. The Breaux-Lott Leadership Group is lobbying for the Information Technology Industry Council on tax repatriation, Senate lobbying records show.

• TELECOMMUNICATIONS. GolinHarris is lobbying for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. Michael Fulton, former aide to Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.), and Lane Bailey, ex-chief of staff to Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), are lobbying for the cable group.

• TRANSIT. Winning Strategies Washington is lobbying for Volvo Group North America. Brett Heimov, a former aide to Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), lobbied in support of transit funding in the economic stimulus, according to Senate lobbying records.

• TRANSPORTATION. Bob Moss Associates is lobbying for the American Trucking Associations on matters relating to climate change legislation and highway funding.