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Last holdout among big palm oil producers joins no-deforestation pledge
2014-12-05 12:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The Singapore-based palm-oil business Musim Mas announced Thursday that it will make sure that the oil it purchases hasn`t been harvested in ways that cause deforestation. Musim Mas handles about 18 percent of the world`s palm oil. It was the last of the big palm oil companies that hadn`t agreed to fight against land clearing and human rights abuses. The announcement comes one year after Wilmar International, the biggest player in the palm-oil game, agreed to take a stand on the issue. Since then,...
Big oil must pay for climate change harm worlds poorest
2014-12-05 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: The residents of the Philippines region of Tacloban know what loss and damage from climate change looks like. This weekend, this exact same region is now bracing for super typhoon Hagupit, due to hit on Saturday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm. Hagupit comes almost exactly a year after Haiyans six metre storm surge flattened the area. Some 6,300 people of Tacloban paid with their lives and four million of their friends and relatives paid with their houses. Someone has to pay for climate...
KUOW: Offshore fault where the "Big One" originates eerily quiet
2014-12-04 16:23:24| PortlandOnline
News story posted to KUOW.org December 2, 2014.
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Big gap between Ethiopia export goals and reality
2014-12-04 16:13:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Ethiopia may have more trump cards to play than any other sub-Sahara African country when it comes to developing a competitive cotton, textile and garment supply chain, but it still has a rough road ahead. Indeed, Ethiopia's growth as a garment exporter will be slower and more difficult than the government and local textile organisations predict.
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Massachusetts DOT Agrees to Pay Contractor's Big Dig Claim After 15-Year Battle
2014-12-03 16:05:54| ENR.com: Headline News
End of dispute over added cost for unforeseen site conditions and design changes will result in $88-million payment to Tutor Perini-Kiewit-Cashman joint venture.
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