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International Report Charts Path to Deep Carbon Cuts
2014-07-08 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Governments around the world are failing in their commitments to address climate change, a group of international science institutions warn in a new report, saying the window to prevent catastrophic warming will soon close. "The world is engaged in an unrecognized, massive gamble with the future of the planet," economist and author Jeffrey Sachs warned at a news conference discussing the report, "Deep Decarbonization Pathways." Produced by 30 scientific institutions from the 15 countries that...
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Report: Facebook Launching International 'I'm a Voter' Button
2014-05-20 19:35:31| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The button will appear for voters as early as next week's European Parliament and Colombian elections.
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Report: NSA Listens to International Calls From the Past
2014-03-19 17:52:17| TechNewsWorld
The National Security Agency reportedly possesses a system that enables it to record telephone calls -- all telephone calls -- in a foreign country, and review conversations for up to a month after they took place. The system is said to be akin to a time machine, allowing for retroactive snooping on foreign targets. Billions of calls are stored in a 30-day rolling buffer.
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Report hails international progress climate change laws
2014-02-27 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Almost 500 laws to tackle climate change have been passed in countries which account for nine-tenths of global emissions, a study has found. Much of the action in the past year has been taken in emerging economies, including China and Mexico, while "flagship legislation" has been passed in eight countries, most of them developing nations such as Bolivia, El Salvador and Mozambique. A further 19 countries are considered to have made progress in 2013 on climate laws in the latest Global Legislators...
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WSPA International: New report reveals businesses are lagging behind consumers on farm animal welfare issues
2013-12-19 08:34:22| dairynetwork News Articles
Farm animal welfare rides high on the consumer agenda from cage-free hens to cows on grass, but this clearly is not translating to the business boardroom says the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare in its second Benchmark of the global food industry
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