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Africa's climate insurance scheme expands, eyes aid agency clients
2015-07-09 17:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Africa's fledgling insurance scheme covering governments against drought expects to add five countries this year, expanding its client base to nine nations, and plans to offer insurance for tropical cyclones and floods from next May. In its first year of operation, African Risk Capacity (ARC), an African Union agency, insured Niger, Senegal, Mauritania and Kenya for $129 million in total losses, and paid out $26.3 million after three West African states suffered low rainfall. Senegal, Niger...
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First Aid ANS enhances workplace safety options.
2015-07-09 14:31:14| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
American National Standard (ANS) ANSI/ISEA Z308.1-2015, Workplace First Aid Kits and Supplies, introduces 2 classes of first aid kits. While Class A kits include contents for common workplace injuries, Class B kits include broader range and increased quantity of supplies to deal with injuries in more complex or high-risk environments. Expanded items increase employee access to items needed to treat common workplace injuries.
New bio-inspired catalyst for partial methane oxidation may aid small-scale GTL
2015-07-03 06:55:43| Green Car Congress
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VIDEO: Motorbikes aid Ramadan fast-breakers
2015-07-02 03:25:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
This year for Muslims in Indonesia there's a new enterprise: mobilising motorcycle taxis for food delivery is giving people more options to break their fast.
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New CO2 rules should aid Keystone XL approval, TransCanada says
2015-06-30 21:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: TransCanada Corp (TRP.TO) said on Tuesday that tightening climate-change rules from the governments of Canada and the province of Alberta help justify the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project. The company, Canada's No.2 pipeline operator, released a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and other department officials saying that increased carbon levies for Alberta oil sands producers and new Canadian targets for greenhouse-gas emission cuts should serve to...
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