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Vatican condemns elephant poaching, pledges steps
2013-02-04 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Responding to an investigative report by National Geographic, the Vatican has condemned elephant poaching for ivory and pledged three steps to help in the battle to save the world's elephants. The National Geographic article Ivory Worship by Bryan Christy, looked at how religions-specifically religious items for Christians and Buddhists-were playing in the growing demand for black-market ivory, which is currently resulting in the violent deaths of tens-of-thousands of endangered elephants every year....
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Obama Pledges to Address Climate, Energy
2013-02-01 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: From Pres. Barack Obamas second inaugural address, January 21, 2013: We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms. The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition. We...
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Australian government pledges to protect Great Barrier Reef
2013-02-01 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Australian government pledged to stop coal port or shipping developments that would cause damage to the Great Barrier Reef as it responded to a Friday deadline amid UN warnings that the reef's conservation status could be downgraded. UNESCO warned last June that the World Heritage Site could be listed as "in danger" if there was no evidence of progress by Feb. 1 on protecting the reef from threats that also include climate change and the predatory crown-of-thorns starfish, which is wearing...
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Grainger Foundation Pledges $100M To U. Of I.
2013-01-28 22:34:31| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
A $100 million donation to the University of Illinois College of Engineering will be used to recruit and retain top professors and to finance research in bioengineering and other areas, university officials said Monday.
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MP Geoffrey Cox pledges support for axed Tyco Electronics workers
2013-01-24 13:08:35| Electronics - Topix.net
THE MP for Torridge and West Devon has pledged to do everything in his power to help 250 staff at TE Connectivity in Bideford who will lose their jobs this year.
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