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Canada: Activists rally Quebec City, calling for climate action ahead premiers meeting
2015-04-12 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Thousands of climate change activists snaked through the streets of Quebec City on Saturday to demand action from Canadian premiers who are in town to discuss environmental issues next week. The crowd at the Act on Climate Change march included representatives from First Nations, environmental activists and political groups, said journalist Yasmine Hassan, who was there covering the event for Ricochet. "It was very festive. There were children, there were adults, there were older people, there...
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US apparel companies urge action on Taobao fakes
2015-04-10 16:11:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
US apparel and footwear companies are urging authorities to take action against Taobao, China's busiest online trading platform, because of ongoing issues with counterfeit goods.
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Australia climate change 'debate' all talk & no action
2015-04-10 06:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australias climate debate screamed itself out nine months ago and fell over in exhaustion, having smashed a workable policy and failed to produce an alternative. People who care about the subject, which youd think would be most people considering what is at stake, struggled to maintain a rational conversation, given that the former governments policy had been taken down by rhetorical nonsense Whyalla wipeouts and $100 lamb roasts and the like and the Abbott governments still sketchy...
Face of New Zealand's Insurance Industry Wants Climate Change Action
2015-04-10 01:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Insurance Journal: Tim Grafton, chief executive of the Insurance Council of New Zealand, lives in a country surrounded by risk on all sides, and hes unabashed in his efforts to use flooding events, frequent storms or other out-of-the-usual weather phenomenon as opportunities to talk about dangers posed by climate change. By 2050 roughly one million New Zealanders will be living in areas vulnerable to severe flooding, coastal storm surges, land slides and windstorms. That statement from the head of the nations biggest...
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Maritime union calls for action to stop seafarer deaths in enclosed spaces
2015-04-10 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Maritime professionals union Nautilus International has appealed to the UK Government to take necessary measures that would end seafarer fatalities in enclosed spaces.
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