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Europe emission targets 'will fail to protect climate'
2014-10-20 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Europe's leaders are about to consign the Earth to the risk of dangerous climate change, a UN expert says. Prof Jim Skea, a vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says the EU's plan to cut CO2 emissions 40% by 2030 is too weak. He says it will commit future governments to "extraordinary and unprecedented" emissions cuts. The Commission rejected the claim, saying the 40% target puts Europe on track for long-term climate goals. The 40% target - proposed by the European...
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Fossil fuel divestment campaign targets high street banks
2014-10-20 12:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Customers of Britains biggest banks are to demand that high street institutions stop using their savings and investments to finance the fossil fuel industry, in a major new divestment campaign launched on Monday. The Divest! campaign, launched by the ethical banking reform group Move Your Money, calls on customers to write to their banks and threaten to withdraw their savings, unless they pledge to cease investment in the polluting industry. A template letter available online gives the big...
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Child poverty targets 'won't be hit'
2014-10-20 11:58:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Alan Milburn, the government's anti-poverty tsar, says the three largest Westminster parties all need to do more to tackle social mobility.
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Intertek safety initiative targets children's trim suppliers
2014-10-15 17:07:32| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A new Trim Qualification Program launched by testing and certification specialist Intertek aims to help children's apparel and footwear firms minimise risks from product recalls and test failures.
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Converse trademark suit targets 31 rivals
2014-10-15 14:45:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Nike-owned footwear business Converse is suing 31 rivals over claims they infringed the trademark of its Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoes.
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