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Refugee exploitation persists in Turkey supply chains
2017-11-03 12:41:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The fashion industry needs to do more to prevent the exploitation of Syrian refugees in Turkish supply chains, a new report suggests, with suggested actions including a change in purchasing policies.
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A new Klamath water deal emerges, but unease persists
2016-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
High Country News: Where the Klamath River meets the Pacific Ocean, national, state and tribal leaders stood in front of a podium April 6, with the sound of crashing waves and sea lions barking in the distance. One after another, they walked across the stage to the microphone and praised the collaboration and persistence it took to tackle the decades-long controversy over water management in the Klamath Basin. Although a broader set of Klamath deals had failed before Congress in December, this announcement signified...
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Wi-Fi Hotspot Blocking Persists Despite FCC Crackdown
2016-03-13 12:22:49| Wireless - Topix.net
An anonymous reader writes: An examination of consumer complaints to the FCC over the past year and a half shows that the practice of Wi-Fi hotspot device blocking continues even though the agency has slapped organizations such as Marriott and Hilton more than $2 million in total for doing this. Venues argue they need to block hotspots for security reasons, but the FCC and consumers say the organizations are doing this to force people to pay for pricey Internet access .
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Fonterra cuts milk price forecast as glut persists
2016-03-07 22:54:13| Food - Topix.net
Four out of five dairy farmers in New Zealand will operate at a loss this season as the global slump in milk prices enters its third year. Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world's largest dairy exporter, cut its milk price forecast to a fresh nine-year low as oversupply continues to depress the global market.
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South Carolina Braces for More Flooding as Rain Persists
2015-10-05 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: South Carolina emergency officials warned that flooding would continue Monday in more than half of the state, as rescue crews continued to extricate residents from inundated neighborhoods. Many other residents navigated a state in disarray, with broken waterlines, impassable roads and thousands of power failures. An unrelenting storm system partly fed by moisture from Hurricane Joaquin has been pounding the state since Thursday. Gov. Nikki R. Haley on Sunday called the resultant flooding an incident...
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