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Hunger, malnutrition in Canada's Arctic nears crisis
2014-03-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A new report highlighted Thursday growing hunger and malnutrition in Canada's Arctic as development snowballs and tastes change, and called for immediate actions to stop an "emerging public health crisis." The report found that most northern households are twice as likely -- 27 percent versus a national average of 12 percent -- to face hunger or fear of starvation. Northern households with children reported even higher rates of food insecurity. Nearly 115,000 people, mostly indigenous, live...
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Just how bad is the logging crisis in Myanmar? 72 percent of exports illegal
2014-03-26 23:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Just days before Myanmar, also known as Burma, implements a ban on exporting raw logs, the Environmental Investigative Agency (EIA) has released a new report that captures the sheer scale of the country's illegal logging crisis. According to the EIA, new data shows that 72 percent of logs exported from Myanmar between 2000-2013 were illegally harvested. "The forestry sector is in crisis [in Myanmar]. Logging is rampant, transparency non-existent. Drivers include consumers' need for cheap raw materials...
Apparel brands have vital role to play in Cambodia crisis
2014-03-26 14:55:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Western brands and retailers are "deeply implicated" in the current unrest gripping the Cambodian apparel sector - but they can also be part of the solution, says a new report.
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Welcome to the dead zone: Our planets greatest cities are facing major pollution crisis
2014-03-23 06:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: Last week, Paris and Beijing had one of those feuds that city-watchers love so much. (Such head-to-head battles, like great inter-urban sporting events, fuel the illusion that cities are singular, indivisible, cultural entities.) In this case, it was a race to the bottom: Observers noticed, during the five-day air quality crisis in Paris last week, that there was more particulate matter in the Parisian atmosphere than in Beijing. This was true, for a moment, but the comparison soon backfired on...
Auto safety advocate Nader blames culture at GM for recall crisis
2014-03-22 21:30:01| Automakers - Topix.net
Nader on Toyota's $1.2B fine: 'Toyota got what it wanted ... None of their officials are prosecuted and didn't have to plead guilty.'
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