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India textile sector urges lower GST rate on man-made fibre
2017-06-15 16:43:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
India's textile industry has welcomed the implementation of a 5% GST rate on natural fibres but is calling on the government to lower the rate on man-made fibres if it's not to have an adverse effect on the textile value chain.
Hundreds of deaths in two cities in 2003 heatwave due to man-made climate change
2016-07-07 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: Hundreds of deaths in two cities in 2003 heatwave due to man-made climate change: study Scientists have specified how many deaths can be attributed to man-made climate change during an extreme heatwave in two European cities in 2003. They calculate that in Paris, the hottest city in Europe during the heatwave in summer 2003, 506 out of 735 summer deaths recorded in the French capital were due to a heatwave made worse by man-made climate change. The impact of climate change was less severe in London,...
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UK shoppers shunning man-made for natural fibres
2016-06-07 14:22:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
UK shoppers are shunning clothes made from man-made fibres in favour of high-quality natural fibres, and are increasingly choosing independent, specialist shops over chain stores, new research shows.
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NASA Found 39 Unreported Man-Made Sources of Toxic Air Pollution
2016-06-06 09:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: NASA's satellites also function as an observatory for climate change and weather behavior on Earth. These satellites were proven to be helpful in the recent findings by NASA scientists in partnership with the Environment and Climate Change Canada, who discovered that there are 39 unreported sources of toxic air pollution on Earth. Satellite finds unreported and major human-made sources of toxic sulfur dioxide emissions: https://t.co/IgQf6mmtbo pic.twitter.com/8gST8TDp8Q -- NASA (@NASA) June...
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39 new sources manmade sulfur dioxide pollution discovered by NASA
2016-06-05 16:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Tech: Sulfur dioxide, or SO2, is responsible for producing acid rain and is considered a serious health threat NASA scientists have just reviewed data from the satellite Aura, collected from 2005 to 2014, and identified 39 new major sources of sulfur dioxide toxic emissions. The new study, conducted by NASA, the University of Maryland, Dalhousie University and Climate Change in Canada, found that the previously unreported pollution locations are concentrated around power plants and coal plants in Mexico,...
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