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Australias climate change fight is doomed as long as it remains Chinas top coal supplier
2013-09-11 17:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quartz: The newly elected conservative government of Australia, led by incoming prime minister Tony Abbott, has promised to scrap the countrys carbon tax on industrial polluters. That has promoted much teeth-gnashing among environmentalists, but the issue is trivial compared to how much coal Australia exports. Australias year-old tax on carbon was to be a prelude to a greenhouse gas emissions trading market set to launch in July 2014. It would have been the one of the largest carbon markets outside...
Fracking fight heats up in Ohio
2013-09-11 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: What could make a former Marine, retired cop, and self-described "ultra-conservative" oppose fracking in his home state of Ohio? At a diner off of Route 22 near Steubenville, OH, Ed Hashberger had the answer. Dressed in a red polo shirt emblazoned with the U.S. Marine Corps logo and carrying a Marine Corps notebook, Hashberger first described his bona fides. He served three years in Panama. He recited half a dozen close relatives who served in World War II, the Vietnam War, Afghanistan, and Iraq....
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BANGLADESH: Labour NGO wins fight for registration
2013-09-11 14:18:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity (BCWS) has had its official non-governmental organisation (NGO) registration reinstated following a three-year struggle.
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A new tool to fight bribery in Canada
2013-09-10 11:41:15| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Stung by controversy over its engagement more than a decade ago with a Sudanese government complicit in a genocide, Talisman Energy now voluntarily discloses the payments it makes to foreign governments.
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Icahn ends Dell fight
2013-09-10 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Activist investor unable to block $24.8 billion buyout; will still walk away with $70 million in profits.
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