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Big business hold too much sway negotiations, not match urgency situation
2014-09-20 22:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InterAksyon: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is hosting a Climate Summit in New York next week. Expected to attend are top officials from all UN Member States, big transnational corporations, financial institutions, and a few select civil society representatives. The goal is to build political will for a global agreement at the official negotiations in Paris in 2015 that would limit the world to a temperature rise of less than 2°C. But if prior UN climate events are any indication, the Summit...
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NICARAGUA: AAFA emphasises urgency of renewing TPL
2014-09-18 12:40:51| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) has emphasised the importance of Congress renewing the Nicaragua TPL trade agreement for US textile jobs, as the expiration date nears.
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Urgency of Climate Change to Debut as Legal Defense
2014-08-28 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: As protests go, Ken Ward's and Jay O'Hara's daylong blockade of a coal delivery was low-key. There were no kerfuffles involving authorities and nobody was arrested -- the men learned of criminal charges later by mail. But the duo's trial, scheduled to begin Sept. 8 in a Massachusetts district court, is shaping up as a high-profile affair, featuring an unusual defense and planned testimony by some of the biggest names in climate science. The men's attorneys are planning to deploy a novel strategy....
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US: Coach store closure plan embraces urgency of situation
2014-06-20 16:41:13| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The decision by Coach Inc. to close 70 stores in North America reflects the urgency of the need for the upscale leather retailer to stem market share loss and improve its top line.
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No Sense of Urgency: Obamas New Solar Energy Commitments Are Still Just Baby Steps
2014-05-10 07:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truthdig: President Obama has long expressed concern about climate change and its impacts, and was mocked by Mitt Romney for saying he wanted to stop the rising of the seas. But climate change activists have been dismayed that the president nevertheless spoke of an "all of the above" energy policy, urging further oil and gas exploitation, talking about unicorns like clean coal, and generally doing little to tackle the enormous problem. The US emits 5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide a year, more than...