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Solar Impulse 2 Completes Trans-Pacific Flight, Lands in Silicon Valley

2016-04-25 13:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: Solar Impulse 2, an experimental plane running on solar power, finally landed in Silicon Valley, completing a trans-Pacific flight without the need for fuel. After a two-and-a-half day flight over the Pacific Ocean, pilot Bertrand Piccard successfully touched down in Mountain View, south of San Francisco, California, after flying solo for 62 hours. A Swiss explorer and psychiatrist, Piccard said the journey is a symbol of a new era, as per a CNN report. His touchdown came hours after flying...

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'Multinational corporations' aren't the only beneficiaries of Trans-Pacific Partnership deal: Editorial Agenda 2016

2016-03-27 00:37:48| Footwear - Topix.net

Protestors assemble outside Nike headquarters in Beaverton in May 2015 to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership. President Obama visited Nike where he made a forceful speech in defense of the trade pact.

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Shipping giant deploys new fleet on trans-Pacific market

2016-03-04 12:21:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

French shipping giant CMA CGM Group is to deploy its flagship fleet of six 18,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) vessels on the trans-Pacific market between Asia and the west coast of the US.

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Trans-Pacific Partnership Signed, Critics Cry Toxic

2016-02-05 17:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement was signed Thursday in Auckland, New Zealand by officials from 12 nations from around the Pacific Rim that together account for nearly 40 percent of the global economy. In a joint statement, the signers said, "We, the Ministers representing Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam, are pleased to announce that we have today signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement."...

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