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MEXICO: To host world footwear congress in November
2014-03-28 21:46:21| Footwear - Topix.net
Some 600 footwear industry leaders will gather in Leon, Mexico in November to mull strategies to grow the industry and tackle illegal commerce, particularly stemming from China and Asia, according to industry executives.
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Growing Tight: U.S. Oil Now 10 Percent of World Supply
2014-03-28 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The U.S. now contributes more than 10 percent of the total global crude oil supply as of the end of 2013, a result of the advances in hydraulic fracturing and drilling technology that are driving the oil and gas boom in Texas, North Dakota and other Western states, new U.S. Energy Information Administration data show. The drilling frenzy in the West's oil fields is mainly about one thing: "tight" crude. Most of the easiest oil to drill in the U.S. has been in decline, so energy companies over...
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MEXICO: To host world footwear congress in November
2014-03-28 13:47:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Some 600 footwear industry leaders will gather in Leon, Mexico in November to mull strategies to grow the industry and tackle illegal commerce, particularly stemming from China and Asia, according to industry executives.
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Earth Hour: millions to switch off lights around the world
2014-03-28 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Millions of people around the world are expected to switch off lights in homes, offices and famous landmarks at 8.30pm local time for an hour on Saturday to mark WWF's annual Earth Hour. Now in its eighth year, the mass participation event to show support for environmental issues comes as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change prepares to launch its latest report in Japan on Monday, outlining how global warming will affect wildlife, food supplies, water and the weather. "It's fortuitous...
Rural communities around world will be hit hardest by climate change -- report
2014-03-28 09:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: From Kenyan subsistence farmers to indigenous peoples in the Bolivian Andes and Brazil's Amazon rainforest, a new report aims to put a human face on what it says are some of the communities hardest hit by global climate change, whose effects will be highlighted in the forthcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) findings. Using personal stories from seven different countries -- El Salvador, Bangladesh, Brazil, Kenya, Malawi, Bolivia and the Philippines -- Christian Aid's report,...
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