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NORWAY: Backs new Bangladesh worker safety project
2014-03-17 17:54:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A new US$2.5m project aimed at strengthening labour rights and improving worker safety within Bangladesh's ready-made garment sector has been launched.
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US judge backs Chevron bid to avoid toxic waste compensation in Ecuador
2014-03-16 07:25:38| Energy - Topix.net
A New York judge has overruled the US$9.5 billion in compensation for toxic waste dumping that Chevron had been ordered to pay to Ecuadorian villagers.
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US judge backs Chevron bid to avoid toxic waste compensation in Ecuador
2014-03-16 05:43:04| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A New York judge has overruled the US$9.5 billion in compensation for toxic waste dumping that Chevron had been ordered to pay to Ecuadorian villagers.
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WORLD: Zero discharge group backs PRTR transparency tool
2014-03-13 13:44:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Group (ZDHC) has backed the use of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR) as part of its ongoing efforts to clean up the apparel and footwear supply chains.
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EU parliament backs law to curb "super" greenhouse gases
2014-03-12 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The European Parliament on Wednesday backed a law to curb the use of "super" greenhouse gases used in fridges and air conditioners, which have a global warming potential thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide. Lawmakers meeting in Strasbourg, France voted 644 to 19 in favour of a European Commission proposal to cut the use of climate-harming hydrofluorocarbons, known as HFCs or 'F-gases', by 79 percent below average 2009-2012 levels by 2030. "Today marks the beginning of the end for...
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