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RAC warns on transport poverty
2013-03-06 01:04:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The poorest 10% of car-owning households in the UK are spending more than a quarter of their disposable income on buying and running a vehicle, research suggests.
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New study: World can end poverty and limit warming
2013-03-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Eradicating poverty by making modern energy supplies available to everyone is not only compatible with measures to slow climate change, a new study says. It is a necessary condition for it. But the authors say the plan to provide sustainable energy worldwide will not by itself be enough to keep the global average temperature rise below the widely accepted international target level of 2°C (3.6°F). While the plan can help measures to tackle climate change, it cannot achieve that by itself. The plan,...
US: The Coca-Cola Co puts up poverty fighter for board role
2013-02-25 12:09:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The Coca-Cola Co has nominated a high-profile humanitarian worker to its board of directors, ahead of its annual shareholders' meeting in April.
VIDEO: One in five children in poverty
2013-02-20 08:30:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A group of charities has compiled research suggesting one in five children in the UK is living in poverty.
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'Wide differences' in child poverty
2013-02-20 03:13:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Levels of child poverty vary dramatically across the UK and within regions, according to a new map that breaks down poverty rates by area.
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