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GM won't tackle pension talks with UAW until 2015: executive
2013-09-28 03:37:02| Automakers - Topix.net
General Motors Co will wait until its next round of labor talks in 2015 before negotiating with the United Auto Workers about the automaker's U.S. blue-collar pension obligation, GM's vice chairman said on Friday.
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Japan 'too slow to tackle nuclear leak'
2013-09-25 09:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Gregory Jaczko, former chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, accused Japanese officials of losing their "focus' despite being aware of the leakages since early in the crisis. "It's been known for a long time that this would be an issue,' he told media at a press conference in Tokyo. "My biggest surprise is to some extent how it's been allowed to deteriorate, a little bit, and how it's almost become a surprise again that there are contamination problems, that there is leakage out into...
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Global efforts to tackle poverty and climate change must come together
2013-09-20 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When the secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, takes the floor of the UN general assembly next week, he will address two of the most pressing challenges of our time: poverty and climate change. The debates on these issues are on track to coincide in 2015, a moment that will likely shape international action on climate and development for the next generation. In September 2015, UN negotiators will work towards an agreement on what will come after the millennium development goals (MDGs) expire that year....
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Sorry, Sir David Attenborough. This isnt way tackle overpopulation
2013-09-18 17:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Even our heroes can slip up at times. Sir David Attenborough is officially the most trusted man in Britain, but his remarks published today, in the context of the debate over world population growth, that it is barmy to send food to famine-stricken countries, is crass in its callousness; it is simply stupid. And when he reflects on the implication that it is acceptable to reduce human numbers by starving people to death Sir David may well be forced to modify his words. Not the least unfortunate...
G20 Agreement To Reduce Greenhouse Gases Vital To Tackle Climate Change
2013-09-16 06:12:09| pollutiononline News Articles
The United Nations environment agency recently welcomed an agreement signed by world leaders at the recent Group of 20 (G20) Summit to reduce the emission of potent greenhouse gases, adding this is a vital contribution in efforts to combat climate change
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