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Desmond Tutu calls for tactics that beat apartheid to be used in climate fight
2014-09-21 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Desmond Tutu, the Nobel peace prize winner and activist, has called for an international campaign to boycott mining companies, oil corporations and other businesses involved in the trade of fossil fuels. Writing exclusively in the Observer prior to this week's UN climate summit in New York, Tutu says the same approach that was taken by the 1980s anti-apartheid campaign, of which he was a leader, should now be adopted in the battle to halt global warming. "The most devastating effects of climate...
Angry Nationals to fight Chevron
2014-09-21 00:54:40| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
SECURITY has been beefed up for today's cricket clash between the WA XI side and Afghanistan at the WACA in the wake of Australia's terror alert being elevated to high. EXCLUSIVE THE lawyer who stood by Lindy Chamberlain for 30 years has written to the Federal Attorney-General seeking a review of the Corryn Rayney murder case.
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McKesson, California nurses union fight Ebola; Nothing yet from big Bay Area hospitals
2014-09-19 21:05:43| Biotech - Topix.net
McKesson Corp. appears to be the first big San Francisco Bay Area health care giant to offer significant help to nations in West Africa stricken by the largest Ebola outbreak in history. The San Francisco-based drug distribution and health IT giant said Thursday it's sending 4 million pairs of latex gloves to Sierra Leone, one of the hardest hit nations.
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Dutch unveil big plan to fight rising tides
2014-09-17 02:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The Netherlands on Tuesday unveiled a multi-billion-euro, multi-decade plan to counter the biggest environmental threat to the low-lying European nation: surging seawater caused by global climate change. The project, expected to span 30 years and cost 20 billion euros ($25 billion), will see new sea barriers built and existing dykes strengthened in the country, much of which lies below sea-level. Environmental Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen, presenting the plan to parliament, called it...
Obama Announces Coolant Phase-Out to Help in Global-Warming Fight
2014-09-16 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsmax: President Barack Obama, whose administration is moving quickly to enhance his environmental legacy, wants a quicker phase-out of the popular coolant chemicals used in homes and offices amid concerns they are hastening global warming, the Washington Post reports. The administration is seeking voluntary commitments from chemical manufacturers and retailers as it seeks to draw down the use of R-134a chemicals, known more widely as hydroflurocarbons (HFC), which have replaced ozone-damaging coolant...
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