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Halt to Dakota Pipeline Is Part of International Resistance to Water Threats
2016-09-12 14:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Circle of Blue: By almost any of the conventional measures of cultural and economic influence, the clash over water security and heritage between a tiny North Dakota Native American tribe and a wealthy and well-connected Texas pipeline operator would appear hopelessly tilted one way. Yet on Friday, convention was set aside, at least temporarily, in an escalating struggle over water, energy, and land on the American Great Plains. Around midday, after weeks of confrontation and protest along a stretch of North...
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Syngenta/ChemChina Acquisition Approval Fails to Acknowledge Threats to National Security and Trade, NFU Says
2016-08-22 15:48:17| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 22, 2016 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (August 22, 2016) The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approved the proposed acquisition of Syngenta AG by China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina). In response to todays decision, National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson released the following statement: Todays […]
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Lets get some perspective': Researchers say species face bigger threats than climate change
2016-08-13 21:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Pot: Tackling climate change is the challenge of the century. But when it comes to endangered wildlife, scientists are arguing that weve got more pressing matters to worry about. A new comment just out today in the journal Nature contends that practices like hunting, fishing and agriculture are still the biggest threats to biodiversity on Earth -- and we need to be careful not to let our concern about climate change overshadow our efforts to address them. To be clear, the comment merely reflects the...
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The Flanarant - Bangladesh must face up to new industry threats
2016-07-28 20:10:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
In late June and early July, Bangladesh's garment industry was hit by a number of new long-term threats. But the industry's leaders appear unaware of the real severity these threats posed to their viability, writes Mike Flanagan.
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May warned on climate threats to Brexit Britain
2016-07-12 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The incoming government must prepare for floods and heatwaves even as EU negotiations dominate politics, say advisers Repairs to a railway line in Dawlish, Devon after storm damage in 2014 When Theresa May takes over as prime minister of Britain on Wednesday, climate change might not be top of her agenda. The former home secretary has to renegotiate relations with the EU, the rest of the world and heal a divided country. But the impacts of global warming are not going away, a report...
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