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Fight climate change for global stability, says US defence and diplomacy figures
2015-10-22 06:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Nearly 50 leaders of Americas defence and foreign policy establishment are calling on political and business leaders to think past tomorrow and lead the fight on climate change. In a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal the experts 48 former secretaries of state and defense, national security advisers, diplomats and members of Congress from both parties say it is time for America to claim global leadership on climate change. The appeal is intended to apply pressure to Republicans...
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Sugar industry hopes for diplomacy
2014-02-10 07:48:31| Sugar Industry News
Increasingly, groups such as the Thibodaux-based American Sugar Cane League are turning their efforts toward foreign diplomacy in hopes to convince Mexico to curb its burgeoning sugar industry.
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Making America Relevant to International Climate Diplomacy Again
2013-07-26 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Technology Review: After several years of near silence on the problem of climate change, President Obama finally gave a major speech last month on how the United States would address this looming global problem. That he did so is notable. But the new U.S. plan is, for the most part, the same as the old plan. It includes dozens of efforts, most of them already in place, to boost efficiency, switch from high-emission fuels like coal to cleaner natural gas, and promote new ultra-low emission technologies. Discussion...
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Shuttle diplomacy under way on global aviation emissions deal
2013-07-23 00:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Diplomatic talks on a deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the global aviation industry have intensified recently as EU and U.S. officials try to stave off the threat of a trade war, lawmakers and observers said. Peter Liese, a member of the European Parliament from the conservative German Christian-Democratic Union, led a delegation to meet with Obama administration officials in Washington last week to discuss the issue. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United...
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Cuisia Leads Economic Diplomacy Blitz in North Carolina, Virginia
2013-05-29 04:53:55| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia Jr. visits the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. With him in photo are Vice President for Corporate Communications Robin Deacle and Senior Vice President for Financial Planning and Development Douglas L. Edgeton and Philippine Commercial Counselor Maria Roseni Alvero.
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