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Germany's environment minister hits back at opposition to coal levy
2015-04-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany's environment minister on Monday hit back at opposition from leading members of Angela Merkel's conservatives to a proposed coal levy, saying it risked jeopardizing the chancellor's credibility ahead of the G7 summit in June. Germany has made climate one of the key issues of its G7 presidency and hopes to use the summit in Ellmau in Bavaria to encourage others to pledge tough goals to cut greenhouse gases ahead of a U.N. climate summit in Paris in December. But opposition to plans to...
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India might consider white sugar export incentive - minister
2015-04-10 12:24:18| Sugar Industry News
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India might consider giving cash-strapped sugar companies an incentive to export white, or refined, sugar as long as mills agree to pay the dues they owe to millions of cane growers, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Wednesday.
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Indian minister promises tackle country's acute air pollution problem
2015-04-05 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Indian environment minister has promised to tackle his nations acute problem with air pollution better than the rest of the world has ever done amid growing domestic concern at the health impact on hundreds of millions of people living in the developing nations overcrowded cities. In an interview with the Guardian, Prakash Javadekar said the government would announce Indias first nationwide composite, comprehensive air index this week. So far, Indias collection of pollution data has...
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Former minister Baird to join Canadian Pacific Railway board of directors
2015-03-31 06:06:48| Railroads - Topix.net
The former Conservative cabinet minister is among 13 nominees to the expanded board of directors at Canadian Pacific Railway's , a position that pays at least $235,000 a year. The 45-year-old ex-politician, who officially retired March 16 after most recently serving as foreign affairs minister, was listed as a member of the international advisory board of Toronto-based mining giant Barrick in its annual report issued last Friday.
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Budget will back offshore supply chain, hints minister
2015-03-12 15:49:03| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
ENERGY MINISTER Matthew Hancock has dropped a strong hint that next week's Budget will include measures to support the region's beleaguered offshore supply industry. Teesside trenching company Reef Subsea UK this week became the latest North-East firm to be rocked by falling oil prices, as it entered administration and made 43 people redundant.
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