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UK watchdog says investors lose 24 mln stg in carbon credit scam
2013-11-11 11:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Nineteen companies selling carbon credits have been shut in the past 15 months for bilking investors out of 24 million pounds ($38.7 million), British regulators said on Wednesday, warning more firms were trying to sell carbon as a viable option for private investors. The UK Insolvency Service said more than 1,500 investors had been ripped off by the firms, which target mainly the elderly with high pressure sales techniques and promises of hefty returns of more than 40 percent. "Salesmen played...
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Consumers feel misled about telecom services: Watchdog
2013-11-10 17:25:45| Wireless - Topix.net
Howard Maker heads a nonprofit agency, the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services , which tries to resolve disputes with consumers and small business customers in an impartial way.
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Canada's poor environment record could hit energy exports, says watchdog
2013-11-06 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Canada is doing a bad job of protecting the environment, an official watchdog said on Tuesday, suggesting a poor image for the country on green issues could harm Canadian companies seeking to export crude oil and natural gas. The damning report by Neil Maxwell, interim commissioner of the environment and sustainable development, puts more pressure on the Conservative government, which is already under fire for what critics say is a poor environmental record. "Government has not met key commitments,...
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Austrian telecoms watchdog to hear 4G auction gripes
2013-10-26 02:14:32| Telecom - Topix.net
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UK agricultural research aid should do more for poor farmers, says watchdog
2013-10-25 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Department for International Development (DfID) has an effective agricultural research programme, but would have greater impact if it focused more on the needs of poorer farmers, especially women, an aid watchdog has said. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (Icai) gave DfID's agricultural research programme a green-amber rating in its traffic light system, which means it performs relatively well against Icai's criteria for effectiveness and value for money, but improvements should be...
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