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Columbia rain jacket "a milestone in sustainability"
2016-06-22 13:45:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Columbia Sportswear has unveiled what it believes is the first high-performance environmentally friendly rain jacket made without the use of perflourinated compounds, commonly referred to as PFCs.
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South China floods kill 22, with more rain forecast
2016-06-20 12:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Severe floods in southern China have killed at least 22 people and left 20 missing since Saturday, the government said, with the rains expected to continue for the next three days. About 200,000 people from eight southern provinces and regions, including Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang and Anhui, had been forced to evacuate, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on its website. Storms had pushed water levels in rivers to dangerous levels, leading to crop damage and the collapse...
On climate change, rain forest: Asean youth take the challenge
2016-06-20 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Mirror: CLIMATE change affects people of all ages and races. It affects all living things in the world. Actually, threats of elimination of many living species have been evident, making international organizations to initiate mitigation and adaptation strategies. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), together with the Asian countries of Japan, China and South Korea, and Sweden, took students to a higher level of understanding and critical thinking to help save the rain forest from the effects...
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Nearly 50 die in Indonesia landslides, authorities warn of more rain
2016-06-20 10:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Indonesian authorities raced on Monday to rescue victims of landslides and flash floods caused by torrential rain at the weekend that killed nearly 50 people and left many missing in the main island of Java. Search and rescue teams used earth movers and bulldozers to clear debris in several locations in Central Java province after heavy rainfall damaged thousands of homes and forced residents to evacuate. "Around 200 people...in joint teams from the military, police, NGOs, and volunteers are...
"Our mistake was we tried to be a functional beverage firm" - Interview, Kevin Klock, CEO of Talking Rain - Part II
2016-06-16 15:38:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Talking Rain hit the big time in with the success of Sparkling Ice. Growth for the sparkling flavoured water brand started in 2010, but Talking Rain had been around for more than two decades before then. In the second part of his just-drinks interview, CEO Kevin Klock talks about the lessons his company learned before its overnight success and how they informed his views on functional beverages. He also reveals which NBA superstar he invited to meet staff and the problems of competing for talent in an area dominated by global tech firms.
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