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Ontario First Nation exposed to high levels of pollutants, study finds
2013-11-25 01:13:43| Chemicals - Topix.net
A sign for the Aamjiwnaang First Nation Resource Centre is located across the road from NOVA Chemicals in Sarnia, Ont., on April 21, 2007.
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A crippled nation battles a tide of desperation
2013-11-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: More than a week after what may be the most powerful recorded storm ever to hit land, the Philippines is a nation on the move, with an enormous dislocation of people fleeing crushed homes; severely wounded cities; a lack of food, electricity, phones and clean water; and spreading disease. Meanwhile, other vehicles fight the huge tide of people, trying to bring help to the worst-hit places. "It was the most surreal homecoming," recalled Daryl Dao as she bumped along a wreckage-strewn road on the...
Product Launch - UK: William Grant & Sons' Glenfiddich Spirit of a Nation
2013-11-14 12:22:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
William Grant & Sons has launched a limited-edition, 29-year-old Glenfiddich to mark its sponsorship of a charity expedition to the South Pole involving injured ex-military personnel.
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United Kingdom: Households are throwing away six meals a week as the nation bins 'staggering' amount of food and drink
2013-11-07 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The average household is throwing away six meals or 3kg of food each and every week despite rising bills - costing families 60 a month. Experts last night called for a combined effort from Ministers and high street stores to do even more to bring down the "staggering" amount of waste in the nation's kitchens. Wrap, the environmental campaign group, said 4.2 million tonnes of "avoidable" food waste - food which could have been eaten - is binned each year, including 320,000 tonnes of potatoes,...
China 'flexible' on climate talks but rich nation funding is key - top negotiator
2013-11-05 01:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China will be "flexible" in U.N. talks for a new global climate change deal, but the key to progress is getting rich nations to keep pledges to fund mitigation steps by poorer countries, the country's top climate change official said on Tuesday. Representatives of more than 190 nations gather in the Polish capital of Warsaw from Nov 11 to 22 to push towards a new global deal to cut climate-warming greenhouse gases that is set to take effect by 2020. Last month, the United States' chief climate...
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