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Change in tactics advances US trade legislation
2015-06-19 11:44:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
An unexpected move by US lawmakers has led to renewed hope that legislation to grant President Barack Obama fast-track authority on trade - seen as key to finalising an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - may be approved earlier than anticipated.
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Moral imperative to address climate change, says UN Chief
2015-06-19 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Later this evening, the Pope will release a major statement on the environment, in particular, climate change. A leaked draft reveals the Pope will say the world faces grave consequences if people don't change their consumerist lifestyles and he goes into detail about climate policy. It's only his second encyclical since Francis became the Pope and is considered significant because world leaders are set to meet in Paris later this year to try to find a global consensus on...
Climate Change Is A Crisis We Can Only Solve Together
2015-06-19 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nation: This speech was delivered on June 6, 2015, in Bar Harbor, Maine, as the College of the Atlantic commencement address. It appeared at The Nation on June 17. First of all, a huge congratulations to all the graduatesand to the parents who raised you, and the teachers who guided you. Its a true privilege to be included in this special day. Mine is not going to be your average commencement address, for the simple reason that College of the Atlantic is not your average college. I mean, what kind of...
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Pope Francis calls for new system of global government to tackle climate change
2015-06-19 04:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Pope has been hailed for making a profoundly important intervention to the debate on global warming after making clear that climate change is real, dangerous and manmade as he called for a new system of global government to tackle this unprecedented worldwide threat. In his eagerly awaited encyclical, Pope Francis made a frank plea to world leaders to ignore the short-term outlook that has always dominated politics and look to the long-term instead. It is essential to root out widespread corruption...
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Humpback Whales Are Starving, and Climate Change Is to Blame
2015-06-19 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TakePart: Two months ago, a dead humpback whale washed up onto the beaches of Washington state. Although the cause of its death remains a mystery, initial observations found that the whale was overly thin, with little blubber and little of its associated oil, which humpbacks use for fuel and warmth. It was not an isolated occurrence. In Western Australia, the number of humpback whale stranding events has been on the rise for the past several years. The region used to see just two or three dead whales a year;...
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