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Ed Miliband urges UK to enshrine zero carbon emissions target in law
2015-11-22 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ed Miliband has called on the UK to become the first country in the world to enshrine in law a target of reducing carbon emissions to zero. The former Labour leader and energy secretary said Britain should show leadership and send a clear signal to businesses by building on its existing target of cutting emissions by 80% by 2050 under the Climate Change Act. The intervention, in a comment article for the Guardian, comes a week before world leaders including David Cameron and Barack Obama meet for...
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Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Uphold Promise to Not Cut Crop Insurance or Other Farm Programs
2015-11-20 16:32:54| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (November 20, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) joined a broad coalition of 49 groups representing farm interests, equipment manufacturers, banks, insurance companies, credit lenders, and other entities in urging Congressional leadership to keep their promise to American farmers to not cut crop
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Weekly Overview: World Antibiotic Awareness Week Urges Farming Industry to Make a Difference
2015-11-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - This week (16-22 November) marks the world's first World Antibiotic Awareness Week, launched to raise awareness of best practice for using antibiotics, to reduce the risks of bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics and to prolong their effectiveness.
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UN chief urges 'faster' action on climate change
2015-11-16 15:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The head of the United Nations urged world leaders this week to go much farther and much faster with their plans to combat climate change. Speaking to G20 leaders in Turkey on Sunday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon acknowledged the carbon emissions proposals submitted ahead of an international climate conference in Paris. wont be enough to effectively slow down the pace of global warming. The official negotiation period is almost over, Ban told G20 leaders, a group that includes President...
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Jane Goodall urges bold action at climate talks
2015-11-14 00:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Primatologist Jane Goodall called Friday for bold action next month at high-stakes United Nations climate change talks. The 81-year-old British chimpanzee expert said she has her "fingers crossed" heading into the summit in Paris, which will seek a comprehensive deal on curbing carbon emissions warming the planet. "It will be the fourth of these climate events that I've been to and it's a bit desperate right now," said Goodall, a leading environmentalist and scientist who rose to fame during...
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