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Ticket sites 'must fight touts'

2016-05-26 12:35:02| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Companies like Ticketmaster should take more action to prevent touts "harvesting" concert tickets, a government review recommends.

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How satellites are helping to fight climate change

2016-05-26 11:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CNBC: Tackling climate change from outer space They may be many, many miles up in the air, but satellites have a vital role to play when it comes to analysing our planet and its climate. In the U.S., for example, NASA says it has over a dozen "Earth science" spacecraft and instruments in orbit, and is conducting research on everything from solar activity to rising sea levels, air pollution and "changes in sea ice and land ice." The European Space Agency (ESA), based in Paris, is also keen to stress...

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Peru Declares Emergency to Fight Mercury Pollution from Gold Mines

2016-05-24 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: Fight Mercury Pollution from Gold Mines Marcin Nowak/Wikimedia Fishing boats on the Madres de Dios River. Peru has declared a 60-day emergency in the Amazon due to widespread mercury pollution from the regions booming gold mining industry, the country's environment minister announced this week. Several studies have confirmed dangerously high levels of the neurotoxin in waterways, fish, and people living in the Madres de Dios region, near Peru's southeast border. Members of the Harakmbut indigenous...

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Soda industry continues San Francisco health warning fight after court setback

2016-05-20 15:07:10| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

The American Beverage Association (ABA) is to continue its fight against health warnings on soda advertisements in San Francisco after it lost a preliminary court battle.

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