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Politics of pollution: China's oil giants take a choke-hold on power

2013-02-03 00:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The search for culprits behind the rancid haze enveloping China's capital has turned a spotlight on the country's two largest oil companies and their resistance to tougher fuel standards. Bureaucratic fighting between the environment ministry on the one hand and China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) and Sinopec Group on the other has thwarted stricter emission standards for diesel trucks and buses -- a main cause of air pollution blanketing dozens of China's cities. To be sure, many sources...

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Glum forecasts for tech giants

2013-02-01 13:09:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Sharp and Panasonic both stick to their forecasts for massive annual losses, even as results for the latest quarter are boosted by the weak yen.

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Largest workplace fine in Alberta history for oil giant's role in the death of two Chinese workers

2013-01-24 23:31:59| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Richard Thompson built and maintained communications towers in Alberta and Saskatchewan for over 20 years and decided, at age 54, that he needed a career change.

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GLOBAL: Brewing giants could force local producers to adapt - study

2013-01-21 14:54:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Regional brewers will be forced to adapt to compete with global players, as well as other local producers, as the economic downturn drags on, a new report has warned.

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Trading Giants Sign Agreement on Animal Disease Zoning

2013-01-17 22:54:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: Government of Canada   Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced Wednesday that Canada and the United States intend to recognize each other’s zoning measures during highly contagious foreign animal disease outbreaks. Although foreign animal disease outbreaks are very rare in North America, this arrangement will help to minimize trade disruptions while still preventing the spread of disease, should an outbreak occur. read more

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