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UK: BSDA speaks out as calls intensify for soft drinks tax
2013-02-18 16:16:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The British Soft Drinks Association has rejected a fresh call for an added tax on soft drinks, which would increase prices by at least 20%.
Protestors crank up calls for Obama to block tar sands pipeline
2013-02-18 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: An estimated 35,000 protestors descended on Washington yesterday to call on President Obama to block the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline once and for all. The "Forward on Climate" event was hailed as the largest climate change protest in US history by organisers and will further crank up pressure on Obama ahead of the crucial decision later this year on whether the pipeline can proceed. The protest, which was backed by a host of green NGOs, including the 350.org campaign, the Sierra...
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India: Jayanthi calls for road map to raise funds for battling climate change
2013-02-18 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: After the conclusion of the 14 BASIC Ministerial meeting on climate change here, Union Minister of State for Environment Jayanthi Natarajan said it was essential to have a clear road map to raise funds for the 'Green Climate Fund`. Globally, developed nations had resolved to raise funds, within the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, to assist developing nations and least developed nations to make climate change actionable. The objective is to raise $100 billion by 2020, and to fast track...
United Kingdom: Labour calls on government to end zero-carbon homes "dithering and delay"
2013-02-18 04:38:20| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Labour has urged the government to confirm its commitment to making all new homes meet "zero carbon" standards by 2016 and end the "dithering and delay" around new Building Regulations. An open letter to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles signed by Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary Caroline Flint, and Shadow Housing Minister Jack Dromey was released late last week, calling for clarification on when the policy details surrounding the zero carbon home target...
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Calls for tougher meat testing rules
2013-02-17 10:11:14| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Waitrose boss Mark Price calls on everybody in the food industry to apply "renewed rigour" to the testing of meat amid the horsemeat scandal.
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