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Australia belatedly joins 'coalition of ambition' at Paris climate talks
2015-12-11 22:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia has belatedly joined a coalition of ambition in the Paris climate talks a loose grouping of more than 100 developed and developing countries including the US, EU, Canada and Brazil aimed at countering a push by China, India and Saudi Arabia to water down aspects of the climate pact as negotiations run overtime. Tony de Brum, foreign minister of the tiny Marshall Islands, and a founder of the new alliance, insisted Australia had not yet joined, and Australia was not represented at...
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Brazil joins 'ambition coalition' UN climate talks
2015-12-11 20:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Brazil said Friday it had joined the European Union, United States and 79 developing nations in a group calling for a far-reaching deal at UN climate-saving talks in Paris. The informal "high ambition coalition", announced by the European Union during the 195-nation conference in Paris this week, includes more than half of the countries of the world but is not a formal negotiating bloc. Nevertheless, the alliance is calling for a legally binding, fair, durable agreement in Paris that must set...
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FedEx joins Open Skies coalition, sends letter to Washington
2015-08-12 14:36:48| Air Courier - Topix.net
FedEx Corp. has joined three passenger and cargo airlines to create U.S. Airlines for Open Skies, a new coalition lobbying for the economic benefits of the U.S.'s Open Skies agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. The coalition consists of FedEx, Atlas Air Worldwide , Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue Airways.
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Sympatex Technologies joins Sustainable Apparel Coalition
2015-04-22 12:56:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Functional textile specialist Sympatex Technologies is the latest company to join the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), with plans to use the group's sustainability measurement tool, the Higg Index, to drive environmental responsibility across its supply chain.
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NFU Joins Diverse Coalition Urging Congress to Reject COOL, GIPSA Riders in 2016 Ag Appropriations
2015-03-30 19:28:57| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 30, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (March 30, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) joined a diverse coalition representing family farmers, ranchers, consumers and rural affairs in submitting testimony urging Congress to reject the inclusion of any policy riders in the FY2016 Agriculture Appropriations bill that would weaken or
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