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Rana Plaza three years on: Timeline of change
2016-04-14 17:24:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Just days before the third anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, just-style looks at the changes that have been made to improve worker and building safety within the country's ready-made garment industry. While progress has undoubtedly been made, questions remain about the speed of remediation if all parties involved are to leave their legacy of safer factories in 2018.
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Rana Plaza three years on - Timeline of change
2016-04-14 17:24:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Just days before the third anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, just-style looks at the changes that have been made to improve worker and building safety within the country's ready-made garment industry. While progress has undoubtedly been made, questions remain about the speed of remediation if all parties involved are to leave their legacy of safer factories in 2018.
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Maryland lawmakers act on climate change, land preservation, pollinators and oysters
2016-04-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bay Journal: Maryland lawmakers act on climate change, land preservation, pollinators and oysters Poultry bills, several other green priorities failed, though, as environment "wasn't that front and center" in Annapolis Ambitious climate change goals, pesticide restrictions and a study aimed at sustaining the Chesapeake Bay's vital oyster population top a short list of environmental legislation that passed Maryland's General Assembly this year. But the 90-day session in Annapolis, which ended late Monday...
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Impact of climate change on Indigenous communities
2016-04-14 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: When singer, songwriter, storyteller and music therapist Getano Bann talks about climate change he talks about connection to country. Mr Bann draws on a tradition of telling "life stories" to build empathy, asking people to imagine themselves as an ancestor on an island in the Torres Strait, at the beginning of time. "This is your island and you grow old and you have children," he said. "Then for thousands and thousands of years your children have told the story of you: our ancestor who's...
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Maine Oyster Farm Tackles Climate Change
2016-04-14 07:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: A Maine oyster hatchery is sounding the alarm about climate change's effect on the shellfish industry. Greenhouse gas emissions are making the ocean more acidic, which can interfere with the ability of oysters to develop their shells.
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