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Two years after typhoon Haiyan leaders duty to act on climate change
2015-11-08 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In the small fishing town of Salcedo in the Philippines Eastern Samar province, fishermen and women have been struggling to feed themselves since Haiyan first made landfall 20km away on 8 November 2013. Already among the poorest people in the country, their livelihoods were shattered when eight-metre high waves wrecked the coral reef near their area. Related: Nepal earthquake: learn lessons or more will die in future disasters, warns expert Before Haiyan, we were able to catch enough fish...
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DOH Reverses Position on Overtime Pay Under The Wage Parity Act
2015-11-06 19:19:52| IT Services - Topix.net
Executive Summary : On November 2, 2015, the NYS Department of Health issued important notices affecting the wage and overtime obligations of New York City and Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester County home care agencies. In addition to setting Total Compensation under the Wage Parity Act for March 1, 2016 February 28, 2017, the DOH reversed its existing position that overtime pay does not reduce the additional and supplemental wage package due on each episode of care hour worked under the Wage Parity Act.
Bernie Sanders: Climate Change Is A Major Planetary Crisis And The U.S. Must Act Now
2015-11-05 19:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told reporters Wednesday that President Obama should reject the Keystone XL pipeline before the United Nations` conference on climate change starts at the end of the month. Its imperative that we not just talk the talk but walk the walk, that the United States lead the world in combating climate change, Sanders said. The proposed pipeline would add 1,179 miles to the existing Keystone pipeline system. It would carry crude oil from Canada`s...
Osborne to act on tax credit defeats
2015-10-27 05:27:25| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Chancellor George Osborne says he will respond to concerns about the impact of tax credit cuts after his plans were rejected by the House of Lords.
Australia: Turnbull must act on climate change: ALP
2015-10-25 15:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's attendance at the United Nations climate change conference doesn't change Australia's "low ambition" to tackle the problem, Labor believes. Mr Turnbull intends to head to Paris for the major global conference in December, armed with a 2030 emissions reduction target of 26-28 per cent on 2005 levels. It's a target set by his predecessor Tony Abbott, who was widely predicted to skip the meeting after his government scrapped Labor's carbon tax and reduced Australia's...
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