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World leaders urged cut air pollution to save lives poor countries
2015-12-03 14:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: World governments have been urged to tackle air pollution in poorer countries by greening cities, reducing traffic and adopting better diets, and told that this will also rein in climate change, which global health specialists estimate will cause at least 250,000 additional deaths a year by 2030. It makes complete sense to tackle air pollution and climate change together, said Maria Neira, director of the World Health Organisations (WHO) department of public health. The solutions are the same....
SPI's Rigid Plastic Packaging Group welcomes new leaders.
2015-12-02 14:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Following brief ballot period, SPI's RPPG Executive Committee welcomed Brad Crosby, President and CEO of Airlite Plastics Co., as Chairman and Terrence Harper, Executive VP for Printpack Inc., as Vice Chairman. Each of the new leaders will serve a 2-year term on the Executive Committee, which directs activities of RPPG, an SPI member division consisting of company representatives from supplier, processor, converter, and brand owner segments of the rigid plastic packaging supply chain.
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Condemning attacks, leaders Paris make careful leap to climate change
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: For world leaders attending a long-planned climate summit in Paris just weeks after 130 people were killed by Islamic State militants in the French capital, addressing the coincidental convergence of global warming and terrorism was unavoidable. In a series of some 150 opening speeches at the heavily guarded facility on the outskirts of Paris, most heads of state and prime ministers offered condolences to their French hosts, pivoting quickly, sometimes awkwardly, to the climate talks. Many...
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China Chokes on Smog as World Leaders Talk Climate Change
2015-11-30 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: As Chinese President Xi Jinping joined world leaders for the U.N. climate change summit, millions in his homeland were choking on the most severe air pollution of the year. The air-quality index soared past 700 -- well above the hazardous level -- in Baoding on Monday. Located about 90 miles south of Beijing, Baoding's 11 million residents struggled to see through the thick haze of smog. Poor conditions were also reported in other parts of northern China, including the capital. "Most days...
With climate at 'breaking point', leaders urge breakthrough in Paris
2015-11-30 11:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back the earth's rising temperatures, with the United States and China urging the climate summit in Paris to mark a decisive turn in the fight against global warming. In a series of opening addresses to the U.N. talks, heads of state and government exhorted each other to find common cause in two weeks of bargaining to steer the global economy away from its dependence on fossil fuels. French President Francois Hollande said the world...
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