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Companies abandon sugar collective
2014-07-08 10:25:20| Sugar Industry News
FOLLOWING Singapore-based Wilmar Sugar\'s decision to exit the QSL export system, Thai-owned MSF Sugar and Chinese-owned COFCO have also confirmed their intention to withdraw from single-desk marketing arrangements.
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Kukamas abandon hunger strike over Peruvian Amazon oil pollution
2014-06-30 17:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Peruvian ministers have met with representatives of hundreds of indigenous people from the countrys Amazon rainforest after they threatened to go on hunger strike in protest at what they say is government failure to aid communities affected by oil contamination. For almost two weeks, around 500 Kukamas have been camped in a square in Iquitos the biggest city in Perus Amazon after travelling from their homes along the River Maraón, by boat and on foot. The lives of our children are at...
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Fiji accuses global community abandon Pacific on climate change, singles out 'selfish' Australia
2014-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Fiji's interim prime minister Frank Bainimarama has accused the global community of abandoning Pacific island nations to "sink below the waves" instead of tackling climate change. Opening a regional summit, he singled out "selfish" Australia for criticism, saying there is "collective disappointment and dismay" in the Pacific at the failure to address climate change. "The rising sea levels caused by global warming threaten the very existence of some of our neighbours - Kiribati, Tuvalu and the Marshall...
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More airlines abandon first class
2014-05-28 13:31:38| Airlines - Topix.net
More airlines are getting rid of their first-class service with only a few carriers able to sustain top-end cabins, says a report.
Should we try to fight rising sea levels - or abandon the coasts?
2014-05-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: The world's sea levels are expected to rise 1 to 3 feet -- or more -- as the planet heats up in the coming century. The more greenhouse gases we emit, the bigger the rise, but we've already locked in at least some sea-level increase no matter what. So what should the millions of people living in low-lying coastal areas do? Broadly speaking, there are three ways to deal with sea-level rise. First, large coastal cities like New York or Boston or Tokyo will likely spend billions to erect dikes...
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