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Pressure mounts against Barclays pay

2014-04-24 10:17:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Barclays' shareholders are gathering for their annual general meeting in London as anger rises over its plans to pay higher bonuses.

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Pressure Mounts to Cap Airline Emissions

2013-09-25 01:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: A contentious global agreement on how to limit greenhouse gas emissions from the global airline industry will be at the top of the agenda over the next two weeks at an international summit, potentially solidifying details that have yet to emerge after more than a decade and a half of talks. While civil society and the aviation industry have often been far apart in their views on the optimal strength and framework for the new regulations, prominent voices on both sides are now urging governments...

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Pressure mounts on UK's polluting water companies

2013-08-05 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: On Sunday, I revealed in the Observer that the most persistent and frequent polluters of England's rivers and beaches are the nation's biggest 10 biggest water companies. I wrote: The companies, who are responsible for treating waste water and delivering clean supplies, have been punished for over 1000 incidents in the last nine years but fined a total of only 3.5m. The revelations have prompted deep concern that the financial penalties being levied are far too low to change the behaviour of an...

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Zimbabwe: Pressure Mounts On Tongaat Hullet

2013-05-23 08:25:07| Sugar Industry News

The Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial executive has urged Government to expeditiously complete the indigenisation of Lowveld sugar cane growing and milling firm Tongaat Hullet to empower the impoverished villagers in the province.

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