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Australia sees rise in greenwashing front groups
2014-06-13 20:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Australia is seeing a rise in groups that purport to champion environmental causes but are actually actively undermining them as front organizations for industrial interests, argues an op-ed published in The Ecologist. William F. Laurance, a scientist at James Cook University, highlights recent campaigns by several organizations with green-sounding names, including a push by the "Australian Environment Foundation" to delist World Heritage listing for 74,000 hectares of rainforests in the Tasmania...
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SOURCING: Rise in dye prices causes concern
2014-06-13 16:13:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A hike of more than 400% in the cost of chemicals used to make dyestuffs has prompted European textile and clothing manufacturers to call on buyers to pay higher prices for the fabrics used in their products to cover the shortfall.
Sea rise will bring floods to parts of Silicon Valley
2014-06-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquirer: Thirty-year-old Gustavo Leal remembers the floodwaters reaching the doorstep of his family home in East Palo Alto. It was bad enough that you couldnt get out of your driveway, he said. Next time the floodwaters could swamp the entire house. That`s the findings of a new study released today by Climate Central, a research and journalism organization. In February 1998, an El Nio storm brought high-speed winds combined with abnormally high sea levels that wreaked havoc in the Bay Area. El Nio...
Rate rise hint sends pound higher
2014-06-13 12:15:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The pound nears a five-year high after the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, signalled interest rates may rise this year.
Iraq conflict sparks oil price rise
2014-06-13 04:28:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Oil prices rise to a nine-month high, and global stock markets decline, amid concerns that developments in Iraq may hurt global supplies.
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