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Clinton's coal aid plan leaves critics cold
2015-11-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Hillary Clinton's proposal for $30 billion in aid for people suffering from the decline of the coal industry drew a mixed-to-hostile response Thursday from critics of President Barack Obama's environmental policies - raising doubts about whether she can arrest the Democratic Party's electoral slide in coal country. The package her campaign outlined includes billions of dollars to shore up coal workers' pension benefits and retrain out-of-work miners or power plant employees to find jobs in other...
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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Alberta veterans join the initiative to aid the trucking industry -...
2015-11-10 17:57:17| Trucking - Topix.net
Alberta veterans join the initiative to aid the trucking industry - Alberta is following in the footsteps of other provinces to recognize the validity of military driver's licenses for heavy trucks Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation announced yesterday that his government will now begin to recognize the DND 404 military driver's permit. This recognition will now allow for the awarding of the civilian equivalent commercial license to serving and recently retired vets who had a valid DND 404 within the qualifying timeframe.
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UN fund approves its first climate aid for poor nations
2015-11-06 11:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) said Friday it had approved its first financing of projects to help developing countries fight global warming, three weeks before a summit opens in Paris to ink a climate rescue pact. Finance is a divisive issue as rich and developing nations negotiate a global agreement on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, and conference host France has said firm money commitments will be key to getting an agreement in December. The GCF said in a statement its board had approved...
Walgreens-Rite Aid Merger Will Significantly Impact Net Lease Sector
2015-11-05 09:00:00| National Real Estate Investor
The acquisition will likely have a significant impact on the retail real estate industry, particularly the net lease sector, experts contend. read more
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