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Bangladesh Accord cuts ties with four more apparel suppliers
2016-09-12 14:18:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh has severed ties with four more ready-made garment suppliers after they failed to implement workplace safety measures - with one failing to submit a Corrective Action Plan (CAP).
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Bangladesh Alliance cuts ties with four more factories
2016-09-08 18:56:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety has suspended the operations of a further four garment factories for failing to provide evidence of their remediation progress.
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China's top steel city cuts industrial production to clear air
2016-09-07 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's top steel making city of Tangshan has told industrial plants to cut production for two weeks from Saturday, its third such suspension since July, as Beijing battles overcapacity and pollution, according to a document seen by Reuters. The environmental crackdown will affect steel mills, power plants, coking producers and cement producers that have failed to meet standards. The city in the northern province of Hebei, which accounts for more than a fifth of China's steel output, enforced...
Europes nuclear club slows emissions cuts
2016-09-06 10:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The prospect of using nuclear energy appears to deter European countries from adopting renewable technologies such as wind and solar, and from introducing energy efficiency measures. Researchers say they found that countries in Europe intending to build new nuclear power stations have a poorer record of reducing their carbon emissions than those that have rejected the technology. Europe has a higher concentration of nuclear power plants for its population than anywhere else in the world, although...
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G20 cut n paste mocks urgency of fossil fuel subsidy cuts
2016-09-05 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Today, hopes that this would be the year the G20 finally get serious on climate change were well and truly dashed, as the worlds most powerful countries failed to set an end date for fossil fuel subsidies. Instead, they issued yet another cut and paste communiqué (French language version), reaffirming for the eighth time in as many years their medium term commitment to rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. These 20 countries the richest in the world, pocketing 80% of...
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