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How Valuable are UN’s Food and Agriculture Business Principles?
2014-05-20 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - The United Nations six Food and Agriculture Business Principles that were launched this week, designed to help agricultural communities in underdeveloped and developing regions, in particular, produce food sustainably, while receiving general support, may not be the ultimate panacea the global leaders had hoped, writes Chris Harris.
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Fortis gets U.S. regulatory approval for $4.3B UNS Energy acquisition
2014-04-03 05:04:00| Energy - Topix.net
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Fortis Inc. , one of Canada's largest utility companies, has received regulatory approval in the U.S. to move ahead with its acquisition of UNS Energy Corp. The company, which operates power and gas utilities in several provinces and U.S. states, says the Washington-based Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave the deal the ... (more)
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What the U.N.s new climate report says about North America
2014-03-31 18:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Global warming is a global crisis, but the effects of climate change are being felt differently in different corners of the globe. The latest report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns of a world wracked by hunger, violence, and extinctions. But the IPCC also dedicates chapters to impacts that are underway and anticipated in individual regions and continents. For North America, the report states there is high confidence of links between climate change and rising temperatures,...
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UN's Ban calls for more funds for typhoon-stricken Philippines
2013-12-21 14:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stepped up an appeal for funds to help the Philippines recover from a devastating typhoon last month after visiting stricken areas on Saturday. "I was very saddened by what I have seen in Tacloban -- total destruction, and an enormous number of people have been lost, we need to support them," Ban told Reuters after driving miles past flattened and damaged houses. Haiyan reduced almost everything in its path to rubble when it swept ashore in the central Philippines...
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Fortis to buy Arizona-based UNS Energy for $2.5 billion
2013-12-12 01:22:02| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Fortis Inc., a Canadian utility company, said Wednesday that it plans to buy power provider UNS Energy Corp. for $2.5 billion, expanding its business into Arizona.