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Aquarium scraps Sustainable Seafood Initiative in favor of Good Catch

2014-10-15 12:48:25| Grocery - Topix.net

With two-thirds of all American seafood eaten outside of the home , the South Carolina Aquarium has long focused its sustainability efforts on restaurants. But the aquarium this week announced it's shifting the thrust of its programming to directly educate consumers about the ocean's vulnerable species and responsible eating choices.

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Aldermore scraps flotation plans

2014-10-15 12:13:33| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

UK bank Aldermore scraps its plans to float on the London Stock Exchange, citing the "recent deterioration of global equity markets".

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EU scraps plan to label tar sands oil as highly polluting

2014-10-07 13:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The European Commission on Tuesday proposed scrapping a mandatory requirement to label tar sands oil as highly polluting after years of industry opposition. The new proposal abandons one obstacle to Canada shipping crude from tar sands to Europe and is likely to draw strong criticism from environmental campaigners and Green politicians. It is suggested in a revised draft law on how refiners report the carbon intensity of the fuel they supply. The debate about labelling tar sands, also known...

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Supreme Court scraps allocations of 214 coal blocks

2014-09-24 19:51:16| Steel - Topix.net

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court today scrapped the allocation of 214 out of the 218 coal blocks since 1993. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said that out of the 218, 214 coal blocks have been cancelled and out of the remaining four, two that is one belonging to Steel Authority of India Limited the other to National Thermal Power Corporation have been saved.

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