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Indonesia: Environmental Activism at its Best: Greenpeace's Push to Stop the Pulping of Rain Forests
2013-02-08 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: There`s much about 20th-century-style environmentalism that doesn`t work in this era. Demonizing Big Coal or Big Oil in climate campaigns gives a pass to those of us filling up our gas tanks or relying on electricity at home. But there are plenty of situations where in-your-face activism has a role. A case in point has been environmental campaigns against companies pressing into Asia`s last rain forest frontiers. A headline is sometimes enough to convey a big development, and that was the case...
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BlackBerry to stop selling handsets in Japan - Nikkei
2013-02-08 16:16:40| Telecom - Topix.net
BlackBerry will stop selling smartphones in Japan, partly because the company cannot justify the cost of modifying its operating system to accommodate the Japanese language, the Nikkei business daily reported.
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Brits Pressure Retailers to Stop Buying Stall-Raised Pork
2013-02-08 16:01:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: National Pig Association British pig farmers are challenging food manufacturers, retailers and caterers to give a public commitment that they are not selling illegally-produced meat from farms that are flouting new European welfare legislation outlawing the prolonged confinement of sows in gestation stalls. They have set up a Web site “Wall-of-Fame-and-Shame,” which will list companies that have pledged to source imported pork products only from farms that are operating legally. read more
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Ag Gag Laws Stop Undercover Videos
2013-02-08 15:30:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: ABC News Fearing arrest under laws pushed by the agriculture industry, animal rights activists have halted undercover camera investigations into animal cruelty in five farm states, including Iowa and Utah where the laws went into effect last year, according to a report from ABC News. “We are not conducting our investigations in those five states,” says Nathan Runkle, executive director of Mercy for Animals, a group whose most recent hidden-camera exposé led to criminal charges against employees at the largest dairy farm in Idaho. read more
Mid-Morning Market Update: Post Office to Stop Saturday Deliveries, Boise Cascade IPO a Success
2013-02-06 18:17:43| Air Courier - Topix.net
Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.21 percent to 13,949.18 while the NASDAQ fell 0.20 percent to 3,165.18. The S&P also fell, decreasing 0.15 percent to 1,508.25. Top Headline Making headlines Wednesday morning was the US Postal Service's decision to discontinue its Saturday service in August of this year.
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