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From Bangladesh flood map to Bank of England, 'carbon bubble' is born
2015-12-07 01:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Poring over a Bangladeshi flood map as a London financial analyst 12 years ago, Mark Campanale had no idea the moment would spawn a financial concept powerful enough to rivet central bankers, anger oil moguls and fuel a grassroots movement to get investors to dump their fossil fuel holdings. The map was in the prospectus of a British firm seeking to raise money to build a coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh. Not only was Campanale angry that a company would pump more carbon emissions into the...
Bangladesh island losing battle to stem climate tide
2015-12-06 23:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Hamida Begum has fled her home on Bangladesh's Kutubdia island more times than she can remember while her neighbours have already given up the battle to prevent theirs being swallowed by the sea. "I am scared our house will be washed away as well some day and during the monsoon season we can't live here at all,' says the mother-of-four, standing outside the only one of a row of mud-brick shacks still intact. "But this is our land and besides, we don't have money to go elsewhere.' Although...
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Chevron starts natural gas production from two new wells in Bangladesh
2015-12-06 19:13:25| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Chevron has started producing gas from two new wells in the Bangladeshi state of Sylhet, aimed at easing the country's chronic energy shortages. The U.S oil and energy company, the largest foreign investor in the Bangladesh's energy sector, will initially produce around 130 million cubic feet of gas per day from the Jalalabad field, located 280 kilometers from the capital Dhaka.
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EU Clothing Import Price Comparison in 3rd Quarter and January-September 2015: China vs. Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey and Vietnam (Statistical Report)
2015-11-27 21:04:06| EmergingTextiles.com
EU clothing imports have experienced radically different trends in the third quarter and the first three quarters this year, depending on product categories and origins. Prices in US$ terms may have risen or be subject to a single to double-digit decline depending on categories of products. Our series of comparison tables offer a comprehensive view of EU clothing imports per HS 4-digit category with volume, value and unit price changes, while market shares are also calculated for each major supplying country. Full data are available for download.
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US and Bangladesh discuss worker rights and safety
2015-11-26 11:33:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The second annual meeting of a forum set up to expand bilateral trade and investment between the US and Bangladesh has focused on issues including Bangladeshi efforts to improve worker safety and worker rights - seen as key to helping restore preferential tariffs for exports from the Asian country.
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