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Christie Administration Ignores Climate Change in New Jersey's Post-Sandy Rebuild
2013-12-19 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a series of aggressive rebuilding initiatives to protect New Yorkers from future climate-related threats. But less than a mile away in New Jersey, just across the Hudson River, political leaders reacted in a much different way. To them, the October 2012 superstorm was just a rare event, not a preview of what scientists expect global warming to bring to the East Coast in the coming decades. When asked in May...
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Meat Industry Ignores Shopper Trends At Its Own Peril
2013-12-17 22:57:00| Beef
Consumers are changing and grocery stores are having to change along with them. Ultimately, those mega-trends in consumer buying behavior will impact many aspects of ag production, including beef. read more
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Norway ignores advice to divest from oil firm over Amazon tribe
2013-12-13 21:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Norway's Ministry of Finance is being urged to withdraw its investments from oil and gas company Repsol because of its operations in a region in the Peruvian Amazon inhabited by indigenous people who have no direct contact with outsiders, according to Norway's largest commercial TV channel. The recommendation was made to the Ministry by the Council on Ethics within Norway's 'Government Pension Fund Global' (GPFG) whose stated aim is to investigate if investment in certain companies meets the GPFG's...
AUSTRALIA: Rival Billabong deal "ignores reality"
2013-12-10 12:55:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Any belief in a realistic rival deal for ailing surf-led apparel business Billabong "ignores the reality of the situation", according to the company's chairman.
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Stephen Harper ignores Canadas First Nations at own peril: Walkom
2013-10-17 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Historically, the Canadian government has catered to aboriginals only when it needed them. It needs them now. Specifically, Prime Minister Stephen Harper needs First Nations on side if his government is to push through its ambitious resource development plans and reap the requisite political awards. British Columbias native communities have the capacity to tie up perhaps indefinitely Harpers proposed oil pipeline to the Pacific Coast. They have promised to do just that. Mining development...
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