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SOUTHEASTERN STATES BAND TOGETHER TO TACKLE ISSUES
2014-08-14 23:18:56| Cattle Today
One small voice can easily be ignored. When that sound is amplified with more than 50,000 other voices, a powerful alliance demands attention. Ten years ago, several state cattlemen's leaders noticed a need for a unified front and developed the Southeastern Livestock Network (SLN).
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Africa Summit To Tackle Food Stability And Climate Change
2014-08-04 22:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Dozens of African leaders are here in Washington this week for an unprecedented summit. The Obama administration hopes to drum up opportunities for business and investment in Africa and is expected to announce deals worth up to a billion dollars. Diplomats are also hoping to use these next few days to push ahead policy priorities. NPR's Michele Kelemen tells us more. MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: The president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, likes the theme of this summit,...
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Comment - How Litigation-Funding Helps Davids Tackle Goliaths in Court
2014-08-04 12:52:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Last month, UK-headquartered soft drinks company Nichols was hit with a legal fine in Pakistan. The PKR1.4m (US$13.8m) payout to its bottling partner in the country, Gul Bottlers, hit Nichols' bottom line hard. The ruling in Gul's favour carried echoes of David beating Goliath. Mark Beaumont, a director at UK-based law firm Annecto Legal, considers the well-established, yet little-known method of funding litigation that could help a slighted minnow chalk up a victory against a bigger partner.
Startup plans to tackle illegal deforestation in Amazon with old smartphones
2014-08-01 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Old smartphones turned into solar devices to detect illegal activities in the Amazon are the innovative response proposed by a San Francisco-based start up that has joined conservationists to protect rainforest. San Francisco tech start-up Rainforest Connection has teamed up with conservation charities and indigenous communities to protect the Amazon for illegal logging and receiving widespread support. The company which has an undergoing campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds collects...
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Food giant General Mills to tackle emissions in supply chain
2014-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Global food giant General Mills has promised to set targets for its own greenhouse gas emissions and do more to reduce them through its supply chain, while sustainably sourcing its 10 priority ingredients - half its total purchases - by 2020. The U.S.-based multinational, whose brands include Green Giant, Cheerios, Yoplait and Häagen-Dazs, said it "recognises the risks that climate change presents to humanity, our environment and our livelihoods". "Business, together with governments, NGOs...
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