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UK opposition farming emissions cuts 'could cost thousands of lives'
2015-10-28 13:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK governments opposition to binding cuts in pollution from farms could lead to 3,000 more deaths in the UK, according to research cited by the environmental NGO ClientEarth. An advisory paper sent to MEPs by the UKs environment department and seen by the Guardian, recommends voting down proposals in Strasbourg today for legally binding curbs on emissions of ammonia, methane and particulates from the agricultural sector. Cumulatively, they are thought to be responsible for an annual 400,000...
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J. Crew Will End Scheduling Practices That Make Workers' Lives Chaotic
2015-10-24 06:33:02| Apparel - Topix.net
J. Crew has agreed to end on-call shifts for all of its employees across the country, as well as to give them at least a week's notice of their schedules. That means employees will no longer have to make themselves available to work - lining up transportation, child care, and any other necessary arrangements - without knowing whether they will actually be asked to come in and get paid for their time.
Hurricane Wilma lives on in memories of Palm Beach Gardens residents
2015-10-20 14:36:52| Grocery - Topix.net
Ray and Agnes Elderd stand outside their home in Mirabella in Palm Beach Gardens on October 16, 2015. Agnes stayed at their home with her father during Hurricane Wilma, while Ray took their RV north for safe-keeping.
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Energizer And The International Association Of Fire Chiefs Recharge Campaign To Help Save Lives
2015-10-07 20:30:37| Electronics - Topix.net
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1, 2015 -- Home fires take a terrible toll about 2,500 American lives lost every year. And what compounds the tragedy is this: More than half of all those lives lost to fires in homes could easily be saved with a simple, inexpensive device provided it works.
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South Carolina flood victims: No home, no power, no water but we have our lives
2015-10-07 14:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Shakira Fair clutches her little doll Brianna tightly as she peers nervously into the high school gymnasium that will be her home for at least the next few nights. The doll, in a bright pink toy cot, and Shakiras favourite woolly Olaf hat from the movie Frozen, were the only possessions the nine-year-old had time to collect when a sheriffs deputy came knocking on the door of her mothers apartment on Tuesday morning to tell them to get out immediately. Related: South Carolina floods: climate...
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