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Charity urges Easter Egg hunt for unsustainable palm oil
2013-03-23 01:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Shoppers might consider their Easter Eggs less tasty if they knew some brands are contributing to rainforest destruction, campaigners will warn today. A survey of over 70 Easter Egg manufacturers undertaken by the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) and Ethical Consumer found some are using non-certified palm oil or its derivatives in their products, raising the possibility that the palm oil has contributed to deforestation in south east Asia. The top two chocolate companies are Divine and Booja...
Higgins urges Congress to protect Great Lakes restoration, Buffalo River funding
2013-03-16 10:20:50| Chemicals - Topix.net
Congressman Brian Higgins, NY-26, spoke on the House Floor Friday to urge his colleagues in Congress to repeal the sequester by highlighting the importance of continued Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding for projects like the cleanup of the Buffalo River.
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Global Automakers urges NHTSA to set a safe, but not too loud minimum sound requirement for hybrid and electric vehicles
2013-03-15 22:30:49| Green Car Congress
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Obama urges Congress to earmark $2bn for electric car research
2013-03-15 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama's grand vision of action on climate change shrank to $200m a year to fund research into clean fuel cars, with signs of retreat on the big environmental issues of the day. Friday's initiative hyped in advance by the White House marked the first move by Obama to make good on the stirring promises of climate action offered in his inaugural speech and state of the union address. But on the most immediate environmental decision in his in-tray -- the future of the controversial Keystone...
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Europe urges U.S., China to match ban on animal-tested cosmetics
2013-03-12 12:59:12| Biotech - Topix.net
The European Union wants to persuade countries such as the United States and China to adopt its ban on the sale of new cosmetics tested on animals that came into force on Monday.
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