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US: Arrests made at REI/North Face protests
2014-07-30 15:36:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
More than 20 people were arrested at an REI store in the US amid protests at the retailer's ties with outdoor brand The North Face, which is accused of worker rights violations in Bangladesh.
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US: North Face commits to 100% recycled polyester
2014-07-29 16:42:52| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
VF Corp outdoor brand The North Face has committed to using 100% recycled content for all of its polyester fabric by 2016.
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Antarctic fur seals, once hunted to near extinction, now face climate threat
2014-07-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Climate change appears to be pulling the ecological rug out from under a once-stable population of Antarctic fur seals. Their numbers on a remote island in the South Atlantic are falling, even though an increasing proportion of survivors are displaying greater genetic variation a trait generally thought to boost an organism's ability to adapt to environmental stress. That's the pattern a pair of scientists has detected in a new study of the seal population, which researchers have been scrutinizing...
Japan will face the robotic jobocalypse head-on, by mastering robots before they master us
2014-07-25 15:45:17| Extremetech
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that he wants to triple the size of the Japanese robotics industry. Is this how you prepare for an uncertain future?
Disabled face 'living costs penalty'
2014-07-25 14:40:00| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
People with disabilities face a "premium" of 550 a month owing to extra transport, insurance and living costs, a charity has claimed, prompting a commission to be launched.
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