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China makes fresh promises on air pollution, pledges support for solar
2013-06-15 06:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's cabinet approved new measures to combat air pollution on Friday, in the latest step by China's new leadership to address the country's enormous environmental problems, with pollution a key source of rising social discontent in China. The government also promised to support China's troubled solar power industry, despite problems with overcapacity and ongoing trade disputes with the United States and Europe. In a meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, the State Council approved 10 anti-pollution...
UK: Government pledges GBP18m for Bangladesh workers
2013-06-05 12:52:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The UK government has pledged GBP18m (US$27.65m) in aid to help fund a programme of skills training for 10,000 garment and construction workers in Bangladesh.
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BANGLADESH: UK government pledges GBP18m in aid for Bangladesh workers
2013-06-05 12:36:55| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The UK government has pledged GBP18m (US$27.65m) to fund a programme of skills training for 10,000 low-skilled garment and construction workers, to improve overall productivity and help to produce higher-value products.
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BANGLADESH: Norway pledges US$2.5m to help workers
2013-06-04 13:36:24| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Norwegian government has said that it will provide NOK14.5m (US$2.5m) in aid to promote worker rights and labour relations in export-oriented industries in Bangladesh.
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China pledges to cooperate with U.S. on tackling climate change
2013-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: China and the U.S., the worlds two biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, pledged to cooperate in addressing climate change amid stalled international talks on protecting the environment. The two nations in April established a climate-change working group, National Development and Reform Commission Vice Chairman Xie Zhenhua said today after meeting Todd Stern, the U.S. special envoy on climate change. The working group will report its findings to U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue talks...
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