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Trump Organization blasts politician for 'ridiculous' effort...
2015-07-22 02:11:09| Real Estate - Topix.net
New York City Councilman Eric Ulrich wants to rename the "Trump Pavilion" of a hospital in his district as a result of presidential candidate Donald Trump's controversial recent comments about Sen. John McCain . In a letter dated July 20, Ulrich asked Bruce Flanz, the president and CEO of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, to "remove" Trump's "namesake and association with the facility's "Trump Pavilion for Nursing and Rehabilitation."
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How an Indian Politician Became an Environmental Hawk
2015-07-01 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Jairam Ramesh was a self-described economic hawk when he became Indias environment minister in 2009, figuring that the countrys ecological problems could wait as India lifted its people out of poverty. But by the time he left his post in 2011, he had become an environmental hawk after witnessing how Indias rapidly expanding economy and soaring population had caused widespread pollution and destruction of the environment. Today, Ramesh is one of the most outspoken critics of India's environmental...
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Business leaders meet China's top politician
2015-06-12 16:33:05| Electronics - Topix.net
Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, is meeting South Korean business leaders to discuss their Chinese operations and future investment plans on his visit to Seoul this week. Zhang, who arrived in Seoul on Thursday for a three-day visit, met Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Mong-koo and LG Electronics vice chairman Koo Bon-joon.
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Santorum: Im More Qualified Pope Francis Talk Climate Change Because Im A Politician
2015-06-07 19:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: In an interview with Fox News Sunday, former Pennsylvania senator and current GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum tried to explain why he is more qualified than the Pope to discuss climate change. Santorum caused a stir earlier this week when he told a Philadelphia radio station that Pope Francis should "leave science to the scientists" and focus on things like "theology and morality" instead of climate change. "If hes not a scientist -- and in fact, he does have a degree in chemistry --...
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Japan's Weak Climate Plans "Grave Concern," Says Former U.K. Politician
2015-04-30 15:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Proposed Japanese carbon reduction targets are far too weak and threaten the countrys legacy as a climate change leader, says John Prescott. In a letter sent to the Kyodo News website, the UKs former deputy prime minister, now a peer in the House of Lords, writes of his grave concern that the government plans further relax its climate goals. A decline in Japanese ambition, at a critical point in international climate diplomacy, could send the wrong signal to other nations on Japans commitment...