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VIDEO: US leader urged to focus on Asia
2013-01-22 04:20:58| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
US President Barack Obama is being urged to use his final term in office to reinvigorate economic cooperation with the Trans Pacific Partnership.
Des Moines city planners urged to rethink street closures for railroad
2013-01-21 14:59:59| Railroads - Topix.net
Des Moines city planners are working to ease east-side residents' concerns about a request by Union Pacific to close three streets in their neighborhoods.
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Three-year apprenticeships urged
2013-01-21 04:18:25| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Apprenticeship programmes should last three years and be as demanding as A-levels a report argues.
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Britain urged to stop supporting the trade in dead polar bears
2013-01-20 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Environmentalists including Chris Packham and Bear Grylls have urged Britain to drop its support for polar bear trading claiming that the UK's opposition to a ban has contributed to thousands of the animals being hunted for rugs, trophies and body-parts. Although the polar bear's survival is threatened by the melting of its Arctic sea-ice habitat, it is still legal to hunt the animals in Canada. Wealthy tourists from as far afield as China pay up to $20,000 to track and hunt the endangered...
US urged to capitalise on hundreds of billions in renewable energy investment
2013-01-18 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The United States government has been urged to provide greater policy stability for the renewables market, after a new report found global clean energy investment could total $1.9tr (1.2tr) between 2012 and 2018. The Pew Charitable Trusts published research on Thursday predicting revenue from the installation of renewable energy technologies, including wind and solar projects, would grow at a compound annual rate of eight per cent from $200bn in 2012 to $327bn by 2018, delivering cumulative revenue...
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