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IMO calls upon member states to ratify compensation treaty for HNS cargoes
2016-02-10 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has called upon its member states to develop and designate a key compensation treaty encompassing the transport of hazardous and noxious substances (HNS) by ship.
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Climate Treaty Approved in Paris
2015-12-16 17:49:00| Transmission & Distribution World
World nations gathering in Paris last week approved what may be the most historic global treaty since Versailles. read more
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New US Asteroid Mining Law Could Violate International Space Treaty
2015-12-01 00:59:10| TechNewsWorld
President Obama last week signed the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, which governs ownership of asteroid resources, possibly triggering a new battle in the commercial space race. Section 5103 of the Act gives U.S. companies the right to resources mined from asteroids, although it does not give them rights to the asteroids themselves.
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May says text climate change treaty 'weak in about 100 different parts'
2015-11-22 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CTV: Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is warning that a global climate change treaty, to be finalized at a major international summit in Paris next month, is "weak" in about 100 areas. May told CTVs Question Period that she is worried about the deal. Im nervous about the fate of the treaty and about the text that needs to be resolved, which right now is weak in about a 100 different parts that we have to try to put together, said May. Particularly critical for May is Article 17 of the draft...
When's a warming treaty not a treaty?
2015-11-12 15:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: It's the elephant in the negotiating room that few officials want to acknowledge: Whatever international deal comes out of Paris climate talks, it likely won't be a treaty that needs ratification by a reluctant Republican U.S. Congress. That's not the only complication in Paris. China, the U.S. and India don't want the international community dictating their carbon dioxide emissions, but they do want to do something about ever escalating greenhouse gas levels and the rising temperatures they cause....
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