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In Action where Help is Needed: Freudenberg Products Support Rapid Testing in the Fight Against HIV in Rural Areas
2015-12-01 11:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Freudenberg Medical has developed specialty tubing for an inexpensive, portable mini-lab used for rapid HIV testing outside of medical facilities. According to UN estimates, approximately 37 million people worldwide are HIV positive. The majority live in rural areas of Africa and Asia, where...
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Obama urges world action on climate change: No nation 'immune' to global warming
2015-11-30 23:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama joined leaders from 150 nations on Monday in pledging action against climate change, kicking off a historic two-week gathering that Obama called a turning point in the battle against one of humanitys gravest threats. Heads of state from industrial powers and tiny island nations assembled in a heavily guarded conference center north of Paris, where negotiators hope to forge a treaty to dramatically reduce emissions of greenhouse-gas pollution blamed for warming the planet. Obama,...
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Union threatens strike action against Alcatel-Lucent, NBN
2015-11-30 08:12:14| Telecom - Topix.net
Workers at Alcatel-Lucent Australia, which is one of the national broadband network's biggest equipment suppliers, are threatening to go on strike and disrupt the $56 billion project in an effort to get better pay and working conditions. Alcatel-Lucent, the French technology giant, has a contract worth up to $1.5 billion to supply the crucial node cabinets to NBN.
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The secretive trade agreements could scupper climate change action
2015-11-30 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: While all the focus and hope for tackling climate change is on COP 21 in Paris, starting today, secretive global trade deals are already negating any commitments that might be made at the summit. The texts from the various trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP), make it clear that they will increase production, trade and consumption of fossil fuels. What we know of the EU trade deals with Canada (Ceta Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) and the US (TTIP ...
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Paris climate activists plan human chain on global day of action
2015-11-29 01:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Activists plan to join arms and form a "human chain" in Paris on Sunday to urge action on global warming, in a muted rally after attacks on the city by Islamic State, at the heart of worldwide protests on the eve of a U.N. climate summit in France. More than 2,000 climate events are planned in cities including Sydney, Jakarta, Berlin, London, Sao Paulo and New York, making it one of the biggest days of action on climate change in history, organizers say. Activists in France scaled back their...
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