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HSBC to change executive pay policy
2016-04-22 15:08:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
HSBC asks shareholders to approve a new pay policy for its executive directors in a move that will cut the maximum amount they can earn by 7%.
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Climate change adds urgency to push to save world seeds
2016-04-22 14:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: During the 872-day German siege of Leningrad in World War II, in which an estimated 1.1 million civilians died, a small band of workers devoted themselves to safeguarding a priceless trove of 200,000 seeds at the Institute of Plant Industry. Then the worlds largest seed bank, the collection had been amassed, in large part, by famed Soviet botanist Nikolai Vavilov during expeditions to 64 countries. As the siege wore on and starvation became epidemic, workers at the institute refused to eat the...
Earth Day Should Inspire Strengthened Focus on Climate Change, NFU Says
2016-04-22 14:00:44| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2016 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (April 22, 2016) Climate change is a shared problem that requires a collaborative solution, and the National Farmers Union (NFU) is commending the continued progress towards environmental sustainability in observance of Earth Day. From farms and rural communities to urban centers across
United States: Chicago better poised survive climate change New York or LA
2016-04-22 13:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chicago Reader: America's coastal cities are in for a serious pounding over the course of the next 100 years, thanks to the ravages of climate change. Catastrophic flooding events along the east coast are projected to at least double by 2030, according to a 2014 report from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Across 76 pages and in more than 200 footnotes, the MIT-based group suggests that the mid-Atlantic region will be particularly hard hit: by 2030, Washington, D.C., will see more than 150 tidal floods annually....
Leaders 171 countries sign landmark Paris Agreement climate change
2016-04-22 11:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Courant: Leaders from 171 countries sign landmark Paris Agreement on climate change - Hartford Courant Nation & World Nation & World Leaders from 171 countries sign landmark Paris Agreement on climate change Paris Agreement Mark Lennihan / AP U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds his granddaughter Isabel Dobbs-Higginson as he signs the Paris Agreement on climate change, on April...
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