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Nepal: Stakeholders urge speedy implementation of action plan to tackle climate change
2013-02-28 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nepal News: Representatives of the government and non-government organisations working in the climate change issue have stressed on the speed implementation of National Adaptation Program of Action (NAPA). Speaking during a round table discussion on implementation status of NAPA in Nepal organised by Climate Change Network Nepal (CCNN)/Clean Energy Nepal (CEN) in Kathmandu Tuesday, Prakash Mathema, Joint Secretary and Head of Climate Change Management Division of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment...
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Groups Urge Investigation Of EPA Actions In Texas Water Contamination Case
2013-02-21 06:36:46| oilandgasonline News Articles
More than 80 organizations from 12 states and a New York State Senator recently called on the inspector general of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to investigate a decision to drop legal action against a drilling company despite evidence that it had polluted residents’ well water near Fort Worth, Texas.
Green groups urge ambitious new climate goals for Europe
2013-02-20 18:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Green campaigners pressed the case for an ambitious new decade of energy and environment policy on Wednesday as the European Commission kicked off debate on 2030 goals, seeking to balance economic reality with climate concerns. Environment groups say a possible new target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels - implied from EU documents - fails to address their climate change fears. They want another triple set of targets along the lines of the 2020 goals - to cut...
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Halve meat consumption, scientists urge rich world
2013-02-18 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: People in the rich world should become "demitarians" eating half as much meat as usual, while stopping short of giving it up in order to avoid severe environmental damage, scientists have urged, in the clearest picture yet of how farming practices are destroying the natural world. They said the horsemeat scandal had uncovered the dark side of our lust for meat, which has fuelled a trade in undocumented livestock and mislabelled cheap ready meals. "There is a food chain risk," said Professor...
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Rogers, Telus urge telecom watchdog to scrap proposed caps on data usage
2013-02-13 09:49:30| Telecom - Topix.net
Rogers Communications told a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication Commission hearing that while some of the proposed changes can be made swiftly, others could take as long as a year and a half.
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