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Refugee Crisis May Threaten Development Aid to Worlds Poor
2015-11-11 22:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: As the spreading refugee crisis threatens to destabilize national budgets of donor nations in Western Europe, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday appealed to the international community not to forsake its longstanding commitment for development assistance to the world's poorer nations. Ban's appeal comes two days after a UN pledging conference reported a "dramatic decline" in donor commitments: from 560 million dollars in 2014 to 77 million dollars in the most recent pledges, largely covering...
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Takata air bag crisis hands Autoliv chance to go big in Japan
2015-11-11 02:42:20| Automakers - Topix.net
Autoliv is the world's top maker of equipment such as air bags and seat belts, but it has struggled to break the ties between Japanese carmakers and main supplier Takata in a country where the "keiretsu" corporate culture sees businesses closely bound together in relationships cultivated over decades. The ground has shifted, however; a string of Japanese carmakers have ditched Takata's air bag inflators in recent days after U.S. regulators said they used a chemical that they suspect causes the bag to explode with too much force, spraying metal shards into the car.
Bernie Sanders: Climate Change Is A Major Planetary Crisis And The U.S. Must Act Now
2015-11-05 19:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told reporters Wednesday that President Obama should reject the Keystone XL pipeline before the United Nations` conference on climate change starts at the end of the month. Its imperative that we not just talk the talk but walk the walk, that the United States lead the world in combating climate change, Sanders said. The proposed pipeline would add 1,179 miles to the existing Keystone pipeline system. It would carry crude oil from Canada`s...
Nuclear power plants warn of closure crisis
2015-11-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The nuclear power industry is sounding the alarm over the latest in a series of plant closures, warning that an energy source central to meeting President Obamas climate change goals is deteriorating. With nuclear providing the majority of carbon emissions-free electricity in the United States, utilities and suppliers in the industry say Obamas planned 32 percent reduction in power-sector carbon is impossible if reactors keep shutting down. This president has been largely very supportive,...
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VW hit by falling sales as crisis deepens
2015-11-04 19:28:19| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
First evidence of customer anger as VW, Seat and Skoda all see a dip in new car registrations.
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