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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....
World Without Standards Competition seeks student papers.
2015-12-03 14:31:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
ANSI, in conjunction with its Committee on Education (CoE), announced fifth-annual student paper competition to help spread awareness among post-secondary students of strategic significance of standards and conformance. Theme for 2016 is "A World without Standards," and entries are due by 5:00 pm ET on April 29, 2016. Submissions should demonstrate specific examples to highlight how products, services, and systems would be affected without effects of standards.
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World cotton consumption growth seen slowing
2015-12-03 11:30:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Growth in world cotton consumption has slowed and, for a fourth consecutive season, imports are set to decline in 2015/16, according to new forecasts.
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BMR Releases Report on World Green/Bio-Based Solvents Market
2015-12-03 06:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
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Belize bans offshore oil drilling at World Heritage area site
2015-12-03 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The Government of Belize has approved a policy that legally bans offshore oil exploration at all seven areas that make up the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage area.
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