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BANGLADESH: Accord makes "good" progress but issues remain
2014-09-08 16:21:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh has reiterated its "good and real progress" towards making the country's ready-made garment industry safe, but says there is still more work to do.
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BANGLADESH: Accord and Alliance discord "a setback"
2014-09-01 16:36:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A decision by the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh to reject inspection reports produced by the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety for some factories shared by the two groups has been described as a "setback" for garment factory safety efforts in the country.
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Obama Seeks International Climate Accord Without Congressional Approval
2014-08-27 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The Obama administration is aiming to forge a legally binding, international agreement that would cut fossil fuel emissions and direct funds to poor nations dealing with climate change, without ratification from Congress, The New York Times reports. The agreement would combine legally binding updates to an existing 1992 climate change treaty -- allowing Obama to sidestep the constitutional requirement that treaties be ratified by two-thirds of the Senate -- with voluntary pledges for specific emissions...
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Obama pursuing climate accord in lieu of treaty
2014-08-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Obama administration is working to forge a sweeping international climate change agreement to compel nations to cut their planet-warming fossil fuel emissions, but without ratification from Congress. In preparation for this agreement, to be signed at a United Nations summit meeting in 2015 in Paris, the negotiators are meeting with diplomats from other countries to broker a deal to commit some of the worlds largest economies to enact laws to reduce their carbon pollution. But under the Constitution,...
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BANGLADESH: Accord and Alliance discord over inspections
2014-08-20 16:42:21| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh has said it will not accept inspection reports produced under the direction of third party auditors of the Alliance, and will inspect the factories themselves.
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