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Panel urges artificial structures for St. Clair River to raise water levels
2013-04-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Detroit News: An advisory panel is urging the United States and Canada to consider creating artificial structures in the St. Clair River to raise historically low water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The International Joint Commission, which advises both countries on issues involving the Great Lakes and other shared waterways, unveiled its plan Friday after a five-year study by scientists and engineers. Two U.S. and two Canadian commissioners approved all of the report's recommendations, while the...
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E.ON urges action to save European carbon trade: paper
2013-04-27 19:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Europe's effort to protect the climate faces "a decade of stagnation" without quick action to save the EU carbon market, the chief executive of German utility E.ON said in a newspaper interview on Saturday. "European emissions trading is a patient on his deathbed; either we cure him quickly, or he dies," Johannes Teyssen told Sueddeutsche Zeitung. "And that would have unpredictable negative consequences, not only for climate protection," he added. The European Parliament on April 16 rejected...
FedEx's Smith assails oil wars, urges U.S. energy security
2013-04-26 17:05:29| Air Courier - Topix.net
FedEx CEO Frederick W. Smith told a Cato Institute audience Thursday that the U.S. must increase energy production in the western hemisphere, get more energy-efficient and diversify its energy resources.
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UN Urges Member Nations Renew Pledges to Respect Earth
2013-04-24 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Top United Nations officials today urged the 193 Member States to renew their pledges to honour and respect Mother Earth marking the day selected by the world body to promote harmony with nature and sustainable development. Today is a "chance to reaffirm our collective responsibility to promote harmony with nature," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature held to mark International Mother Earth Day. Noting this year's theme, Faces of Climate Change, Mr....
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EUROPE: Study urges re-think on apparel trade policy
2013-04-23 16:27:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A new study into the impact of the branded clothing sector on the European economy is calling for a shift in thinking when it comes to setting out trade policies to include the full breadth of the industry.
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