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KiK urged to reach Pakistan factory compensation deal
2015-09-22 14:39:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A coalition of trade union and labour rights groups is again calling on German retailer KiK to agree long-term compensation for the victims of a deadly clothing factory fire in Pakistan three years ago.
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World urged to make clean energy cheaper than coal
2015-09-16 15:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Top environmental advocates on Wednesday urged the international community to increase and coordinate investments in research and development for renewable energy to make it cheaper than coal within 10 years. "A sensible approach to tackling climate change will not only pay for itself but provide economic benefits to the nations of the world," they said in a petition, ahead of a key climate change conference in December. "We urge the leading nations of the world to commit to this positive,...
Further action on WOTUS urged
2015-08-31 17:31:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. In light of the 13-state injunction on enforcing WOTUS, Farm Bureau urges Congress to pass S. 1140. read more
EPA Urged by Nearly 100,000 Americans to Redo Highly Controversial Fracking Study
2015-08-28 23:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The public comment period for the highly controversial U.S. Environmental Protection Agency`s (EPA) fracking study ends today. Food & Water Watch, Environmental Action, Breast Cancer Action and other advocacy groups delivered nearly 100,000 comments from Americans asking the U.S. EPA to redo their study with a higher level of scrutiny and oversight. The study produced significant controversy due to the discrepancy in what the EPA found in its report and what the agency`s news release title said....
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Senate hearing wildfires urged help bolster firefighting capabilities
2015-08-28 02:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Lawmakers were urged to boost federal funding for local wildfire prevention efforts at a meeting in Seattle on Thursday during a summer that has seen scores of major blazes across the drought-parched West. Fire experts were addressing the field hearing of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held in Washington state, which has experienced its largest cluster of deadly fires on record. Michael Medler, chair of environmental studies at Western Washington University, said increasing...
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