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Welfare-to-work scheme 'is failing'

2013-02-22 06:17:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The government's multi-billion-pound programme to help the long-term unemployed back into work is branded "extremely poor" by MPs.

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Obama Failing on Public Lands, Former Interior Secretary Says

2013-02-05 21:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Bruce Babbitt, the interior secretary in the Clinton administration and a former governor of Arizona, made one of his periodic forays out of the political wilderness on Tuesday to criticize the Obama administration for favoring oil and gas development over conservation on public lands. Mr. Babbitt, 74, whose modest demeanor masked the sharpness of his critique of a fellow Democrat, said in a speech at the National Press Club that Mr. Obama was falling behind many of his predecessors in setting...

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World Bank's forestry investments failing to meet conservation, rights, and anti-poverty goals

2013-01-30 07:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The World Bank's investments in forestry over the past decade have failed to meet key objectives of reducing poverty, preserving forests, slowing climate change, or benefitting local communities, according to a report developed by its internal auditing body. The report, which was seen by The Guardian ahead of its public release, is highly critical of the bank's investments in 345 forestry projects between July 2001 and July 2011. The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), comprised of bank staff...

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How President Obama Can Stop Failing and Start Winning on Climate Change

2013-01-25 10:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: President Obama has promised action to confront climate change. To do that, he must end the detrimental "all of the above" energy policy of his first term. If you'd like to co-sign the open letter and urge the president to take bold action to confront climate change now, you can add your name here. Dear President Obama, It was with great relief and gratitude that we welcomed, at long last, a clarion call in your inaugural address to "respond to the threat of climate change" -- the greatest...

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