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GUATEMALA: Groups claim Alianza workers deprived of $6m
2014-01-27 14:07:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Workers making clothing for JC Penney, Macy's, Kohl's and Wal-Mart at the Alianza Fashion factory in Guatemala were deprived of more than $6m in back wages, benefits and pension funds when the company shut down last year, a new report claims.
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Ditching clean fuels law opens door to tar sands imports, warn green groups
2014-01-27 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The equivalent emissions of six million cars will be added to Europe's carbon footprint unless it acts to prevent a likely flood of fossil fuel imports from Canadian tar sands if Brussels alters its clean fuel regulations as planned, a leading environmental group has warned. Figures released by the US Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) last week show the impact of Commissioners' plans to allow the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) to expire in 2020, along with the six per cent greenhouse gas...
Groups Urge Congress to Keep COOL
2014-01-26 15:33:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC Ninety-seven agriculture, rural, labor and faith-based organizations are asking the farm bill conference committee to reject any changes to the current Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements. The groups said in a letter to the conferees that proposed changes being floated would fail to remedy the critique of the WTO dispute panels because it would perpetuate consumer deception. read more
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Construction Industry Groups Name Top Achievers for 2014
2014-01-24 16:56:04| ENR.com: Headline News
Individuals are cited for innovation and leadership.
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UPDATE 1-U.S. groups ask Syngenta to hold back on GM corn barred by China
2014-01-23 21:23:08| Chemicals - Topix.net
Two leading U.S. grain groups have asked Syngenta AG, the world's largest crop chemicals company, to suspend the commercialization in the United States of two genetically modified strains of corn not currently approved in China.
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