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Santa Barbara County Employees File Class Action Lawsuit Against Vons
2015-09-27 00:58:46| Grocery - Topix.net
A class action lawsuit was filed this week on behalf of hourly Vons employees, alleging the grocery chain failed to pay overtime wages or allow employees to break for lunch, among other unfair business practices. Santa Barbara law firm Anticouni & Associates filed the lawsuit Thursday in Santa Barbara County Superior Court against Safeway Inc., which owns Vons.
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Kumi Naidoo: We Stand 100% With the Pope and His Call to Climate Action
2015-09-26 16:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Kumi Naidoo, the executive director of Greenpeace International, spoke Thursday at the Washington, DC rally on Moral Action for Climate Change. The event took place as Pope Francis gave a first-ever papal address to Congress. Environmentalists have hailed the Pope during his inaugural visit to the U.S. for being an outspoken advocate for urgent action on climate change. At a speech at the White House on Wednesday, he said "climate change is a problem that can no longer be left to a future generation....
Pope Francis issues radical call climate change action
2015-09-26 01:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSNBC: A day after taking a surprisingly deferential tone with climate change skeptics in the U.S. Congress, Pope Francis stood before the United Nations General Assembly to issue a soft-spoken but thunderous call for the world to address global warming, connecting the issue to the wider pursuit of equality, security and justice for all. Generating a sense of palpable excitement, crowds gathered to celebrate Pope Francis' historic visit to the United States. His speech, delivered in his native Spanish...
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Trump, Bush Attack Popes Call to Climate Action
2015-09-25 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Several conservative politicians, including two presidential candidates, criticized the Pope for calling for climate action in his first-ever visit to the U.S. Donald Trump, who has criticized the Pope repeatedly, does not agree with Francis` latest remarks, in which he called climate change "a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation." However, Trump feels, "I think that clean air is a pressing problem. You want to have clean air, clean water. That`s very important to me, and...
California gearing up for major enforcement action against Volkswagen
2015-09-25 13:05:15| Automakers - Topix.net
SACRAMENTO: California is preparing a major enforcement action against carmaker Volkswagen AG over its admitted cheating on tailpipe emissions tests, the state's top air official said on Thursday. Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, said it was too soon to say what penalties would be levied against the company, which admitted duping the tests earlier this month.
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