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Donald C. Wood: Mixing business with charity to fight cystic fibrosis
2013-11-25 03:15:14| Real Estate - Topix.net
Don Wood, chief executive of Federal Realty Investment Trust and chair of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, was one of the honorees at the Breath of Life Gala at the National Building Museum on November 10. In the summer of 2010, with the real estate industry in tatters, the owners of the second largest shopping mall company in America came knocking ... (more)
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UN Environment Program chief urges Japan to stay in fight
2013-11-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Kyodo: The chief of the U.N. Environment Program urged Japan to keep playing a leadership role in the fight against global warming, although it faces a challenge caused by Fukushima nuclear disaster, which left most of its atomic plants offline. The world has in a sense believed in Japan as a leader and a pioneer. That is a brand many would like Japan to retain, UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said in an interview. There has been a tremendous disaster. That is very challenging for any country...
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Australia: Jellyfish winning fight for food - against humans
2013-11-24 14:38:02| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: When it comes to jellyfish on Australian beaches, getting stung may be the least of our worries. Earlier this year, Whyalla faced a wipe-out unrelated to the predicted effects of the carbon tax when a massive jellyfish bloom threatened local fisheries and ecosystems. Last month, the Oskarshamn nuclear plant in Sweden shut down a reactor after jellyfish clogged its seawater pipes, the latest in a series of similar incidents. Wreaking havoc: Sweden's Oskarshamn nuclear plant shut down a reactor...
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Global Warming Fight Advances With First Steps on Treaty
2013-11-23 17:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Diplomats from almost 190 nations endorsed a set of measures on global warming, laying the groundwork for a treaty to be adopted in 2015 that would limit pollution by all nations for the first time. The delegates at a United Nations conference called on those who are ready to make pledges on emissions by the first quarter of 2015. They authorized work on a loss and damage mechanism that would help the poorest cope with the impact of climate change, took in $100 million in aid pledges to fund...
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BANGLADESH: Campaigners fight on for Tazreen families
2013-11-22 13:24:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Campaign groups and unions are renewing calls for meaningful compensation for victims of the Tazreen Fashions factory fire - almost one year after the blaze killed at least 112 people.
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