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Act vs Action - Legislation not enough to combat modern slavery
2015-12-03 10:44:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Leslie Johnston, executive director of the C&A Foundation and a board director at GoodWeave believes the UK's Modern Slavery Act - which obligates large companies to report and declare their steps to address slavery - can only do so much. She is instead calling on businesses to take a broader approach to abolish slavery within supply chains and engage consumers to create change.
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Should Food Production Change to Combat Climate Change?
2015-12-03 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - Food production counts for 30 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and this is largely due to growing crops and rearing livestock.
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New York's Nuclear Path to Combat Climate Change
2015-11-23 16:12:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Aiming for 50 percent Renewables New York state officials hope to use two nuclear plants as part of a pivot to greater reliance on low carbon emitting sources of energy. read more
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First ministers meet in show of good intentions to combat climate change
2015-11-23 00:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CTV: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country's premiers will take the first steps Monday toward reversing Canada's reputation as an environmental laggard in the international fight against climate change. A gathering of first ministers -- the first such meeting in nearly seven years -- is not expected to produce new national targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions or any new concrete measures for achieving them. It is designed more as a demonstration of the fledgling Liberal government's...
Restoring California Meadows Could Help Combat Climate Change And Increase Water Supply
2015-11-20 21:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Cap Radio: A crucial part of California's ecosystem has almost disappeared. Mountain meadows act like natural reservoirs, storing and cleaning water. But they may have another benefit -- capturing greenhouse gases. Scientists are studying if restoring meadows can play a small part in combating climate change. When you imagine a meadow, you think about soggy ground with tall green grasses and maybe a shallow stream running through it. It's unlikely you'd imagine the place we're walking through now. "Although...
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