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State officials blamed for ailing sugar sector
2014-03-11 15:54:37| Sugar Industry News
Migori, Kenya: Five Nyanza leaders now claim there is a deliberate move by the Government to kill the ailing sugar industry in the region
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Palm oil corporations blamed as smog chokes Indonesia
2014-03-07 09:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Fires in Indonesia are destroying large areas of forest on land owned by lumber and palm oil companies, casting further attention on western companies that buy commodities from the affected regions. The fires, which have been burning since late February, have emitted a blanket of smog, which has triggered respiratory problems in more than 30,000 people, according to local reports. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesperson at Indonesias National Disaster Management Agency, said that causes of pneumonia,...
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GM Joins Ford Posting Sales Declines Blamed on Cold U.S. Weather
2014-02-04 11:50:30| Automakers - Topix.net
General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co., the largest U.S. automakers, reported wider declines in deliveries than analysts estimated as the coldest January in two decades kept some shoppers from dealerships.
GM sales fall 12 per cent in January; frigid weather in South, Midwest and Northeast blamed
2014-02-03 20:20:45| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
General Motors says its U.S. sales fell 12 per cent last month as harsh weather kept customers out of its dealerships in several regions.
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Climate scepticism blamed as Owen Paterson slashes spending on global warming
2014-01-26 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Owen Paterson has been accused of incredible complacency over climate change after new figures showed his department has slashed spending on helping Britain cope with global warming. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) will spend just 17.2m on domestic climate change initiatives this financial year, a 41 per cent decline on the previous 12 months, according to its response to a freedom of information request. The figures will fuel fears that the Environment Secretarys...
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