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Valspar pledges $36 million to Habitat for Humanity
2015-03-11 18:28:30| Chemicals - Topix.net
The Valspar Corp. pledged $36 million in paint and funding over five years to Atlanta-based Habitat for Humanity . Valspar said it will donate more than $6 million in paint and $350,000 to Habitat in 2015.
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India PM Modi Pledges Climate Alliance with Small Island States
2015-03-11 15:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Indias prime minster will cooperate closely with small island states on work towards a global climate change pact, he said today. Speaking alongside Seychelles president James Michel, Narendra Modi said Indias consistent support to low lying states would continue in the run-up to Paris, where a UN deal is set to be signed in December. We are two nations that are vulnerable to its impact. And we are deeply committed to combating it, he said. We also called for a strong and ambitious...
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Uber Pledges to Hire 1M Women by 2020
2015-03-10 17:03:02| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Uber will work with UN Women towards a shared vision of "equality and women's empowerment."
Climate summits pledges on carbon cuts wont avert global disaster
2015-03-07 22:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Pledges at this years climate summit to cut carbon emissions are likely to fall far short of the targets needed to avoid heating the planet by more than 2C. That is the stark conclusion of a report by a team led by British economist Nicholas Stern. The group, based at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at the London School of Economics, concludes that action planned by countries in particular the European Union, the US and China will still leave the world emitting 10bn tonnes...
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"Second wave" of climate pledges to UN deal expected in September
2015-03-06 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Last week, Switzerland became the first country in the world to submit their Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the UN`s climate body. A first wave is expected by end of March. A second wave of submissions is expected in September, as now revealed by research from the NewClimate Institute. All countries have been asked to publicly outline what actions they intend to take under a global climate agreement (an Intended Nationally Determined Contribution) which would ultimately...
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