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Forest protection scheme sewn up at UN climate talks
2015-06-10 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Negotiators reached a surprise resolution to thorny issues relating to forest protection at U.N. climate talks on Tuesday, increasing the odds it will be included in a new global climate deal due to be agreed in Paris in December, experts said. Forest researchers said they had not expected progress in Bonn on tough questions surrounding the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) scheme. One of the issues was how projects to protect forests can show they are respecting...
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SWANA Incoming President Michelle Leonard Talks About the Group's New Future
2015-06-10 07:55:00| Waste Age
The incoming president of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Michelle Leonard of SCS Engineers, talks about the association's new future with a new CEO, its priorities and its ongoing relationship with the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA). read more
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UPDATE 2-Fiat Chrysler North American labor chief retires ahead of talks
2015-06-10 06:58:59| Automakers - Topix.net
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said its North American labor chief Al Iacobelli has retired less than two months before company negotiations with the United Auto Workers union. Iacobelli, 55, will be replaced by Glenn Shagena, 52, FCA's former head of human resources in Mexico, effective immediately, the company said on Tuesday.
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Scientists raise permafrost alarm at UN climate talks
2015-06-09 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Scientists issued a dire warning Tuesday to UN climate negotiators in Bonn of a vicious global warming cycle that will be unlocked with the thawing of carbon-bearing permafrost. There may be 1,500 billion tonnes of carbon locked away in permafrost -- perennially frozen ground covering about a quarter of exposed land in the Northern Hemisphere -- said Susan Natali, a researcher with the Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts. The carbon will be released incrementally as global temperatures...
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Shares in Guinness maker Diageo jump on billionaire Lemann takeover talks
2015-06-09 10:14:24| Beverages - Topix.net
Brazilian billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann and his partners in private equity firm 3G Capital are considering a potential bid for Diageo PLC, the world's largest producer of spirits, the Brazilian newsweekly Veja reported . Lemann, who is Brazil's richest man, and partners Marcel Telles and Beto Sicupira, are in the initial stages of studying a buyout offer for Diageo, Veja reported in its Radar column, without saying how it obtained the information.
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