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GOTS taps Wyman as North American representative

2016-08-02 12:42:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

The Global Organic Textile Standard - or GOTS - has named former Control Union Certifications executive, Lori Wyman, as its North American representative.

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FirstGroup receives first North American rail contract for DCTAs A-train line

2016-07-25 01:00:00| Railway Technology

British company FirstGroup's North American division First Transit has secured a rail contract from the Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) to provide operation, dispatch, and maintenance services to its A-train commuter rail line.

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North American Forests Not a Climate Change Remedy

2016-07-24 12:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: North American forests will not fight climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide at levels once hoped for because the trees may not grow big enough, a study said. The new research challenges previous studies that said trees could grow larger due to higher temperatures brought on by global warming, said the authors of the study published in the journal Ecology Letters. Typically, up to a third of carbon-dioxide emissions from human activity, such as automobile driving or steel production, is...

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North American forests not the climate change remedy hoped for - study

2016-07-20 15:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: North American forests will not fight climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide at levels once hoped for because the trees may not grow big enough, a study said on Wednesday. The new research challenges previous studies that said trees could grow larger due to higher temperatures brought on by global warming, said the authors of the study published in the journal Ecology Letters. Typically, up to a tharizird of carbon-dioxide emissions from human activity, such as automobile driving or steel production,...

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