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Nigeria kickstarts efforts to head off climate disasters
2013-07-04 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Alhaji Gimba Suleiman, a 72-year-old rice farmer from Ozahi in Nigeria's south-central Kogi State, lost his house in the huge floods that displaced 2 million people and affected a total of more than 7.7 million in the West African nation last year. He's still living in temporary accommodation 15 km away, going back each day to tend his crops, but is getting help from the Red Cross to rebuild his destroyed home. "I am sure of the quality of the house that has been built. It will be able to withstand...
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GREECE: Diageo kick-starts Pimm's European venture
2013-05-20 17:09:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Diageo has launched Pimm's in Greece, the first European country to host the liqueur brand outside its home UK market.
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Mantra-NORAM Engineering Agreement Kick-Starts Pilot Plant Design
2013-03-18 01:17:35| chemicalonline News Articles
Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary ofMantra Venture Group (OTCBB:MVTG)(BERLIN:5MV), announced today that engineering design has begun on its innovative "electro-reduction of carbon dioxide" (ERC) pilot plant. An engineering agreement with NORAM's wholly owned subsidiary BC Research Inc. has mapped out a three-stage process of design and construction that will see the pilot plant erected at the site of the Lafarge Canada Inc. cement plant in Richmond, British Columbia, later this year
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Coca-Cola kickstarts Arctic campaign with WWF donation
2013-01-17 16:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Coca-Cola will give 3 million euros ($4 million) to conservation group WWF over the next three years to help kickstart a campaign to protect the Arctic from the impacts of global warming, the world's biggest soft-drinks maker said. The Europe-wide campaign, which launched on Thursday in London, is aimed at raising awareness and funding to help protect the natural habitat of the polar bear, which is under threat from climate change. Scientists say the Arctic is currently warming twice as fast as...
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