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Nobel laureates press EU leaders on tar sands law
2013-10-02 18:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Twenty-one Nobel laureates including South African anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu have written to European Union leaders urging them to implement a law that would label oil from tar sands as dirtier than other crudes. The EU tar sands proposal has incensed the government of Canada, whose economy is highly dependent on its vast reserves of unconventional oil and it has overshadowed protracted talks on a trade treaty with the European Union. The Nobel laureates say the EU law is necessary...
Akzo Nobel Rating Lowered to Underweight at HSBC
2013-08-31 15:57:41| IT Services - Topix.net
HSBC has also modified their ratings on a number of other stocks in the few days.
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Should the Nobel prize for food go to a Monsanto exec?
2013-06-30 14:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In a move that has disturbed many anti-hunger advocates, including the 81 global leaders of the World Future Council and laureates of the Right Livelihood Award, the World Food Prize - often known as the Nobel prize for food and agriculture - has given this years award to three chemical company executives, including Monsanto executive vice president and chief technology officer, Robert Fraley. Fraley shares the prize with two other scientists responsible for launching the technology behind...
'Nobel Prize' of Agriculture Winner a Career Monsanto Man
2013-06-22 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Two of the three scientists sharing this year's World Food Prize have ties to prominent biotech companies, including Monsanto. While not nearly as high-profile, the World Food Prize is referred to as the "Nobel Prize for food agriculture." The award, announced Wednesday at the U.S. State Department (with Secretary of State John Kerry contributing his own remarks) will be shared this year by scientists who each play a role in the advancement of genetically engineered crops: Marc Van Montagu, Mary-Dell...
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Nobel Fire installs Stat-X fire suppression system on Eurostar trains
2013-02-06 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Nobel Fire Systems has installed its Stat-X fire suppression system on the Power Car section of Eurostar trains to protect passengers and rolling stock from fire.
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