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US: Activists call for halt to Uzbek cotton imports
2013-05-16 14:36:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A US-based labour and human rights watchdog has filed a formal complaint with the US Customs service calling for a halt on imports of cotton from Uzbekistan grown and harvested with forced labour.
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Marshall Islands: Action to halt global warming will save my nation
2013-05-09 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Minister Tony de Brum of the Republic of the Marshall Islands describes the clear and present danger posed by climate change to his nation, and urges the world to act against this threat. My country needs a precious gift from the world's people -- the vision to take bold, urgent action on climate change, and the will to follow it through. Only concerted action can protect us from the rising seas and lack of fresh water that now threaten my nation's very existence. I am from the Republic of...
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AUSTRALIA: Billabong in trading halt ahead of update
2013-05-07 13:41:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Australian surfwear brand Billabong has placed its shares in another trading halt today (7 May) ahead of an update regarding the potential sale of the business.
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NASA's asteroid lasso mission said to halt Apocalypse scenario
2013-05-07 05:41:58| CNET News.com
Speaking at the Human to Mars Summit, NASA's top administrator, Charles Bolden, pledges to work to "prevent an asteroid from colliding with devastating force into our planet." [Read more]
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Assembly panel backs halt to fracking
2013-04-30 09:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Plans to halt fracking in California advanced in the Legislature on Monday, when a key committee approved three measures that would prohibit the practice until the state can study it further. The votes were a victory for environmentalists, who have been scrambling to slow the boom in fracking nationwide. A proposed moratorium on fracking failed in the California Legislature last year. Hydraulic fracturing is the practice of injecting chemicals into the ground to break apart rock and release...
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