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Shoppers urged to back small traders
2015-12-05 04:54:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Shoppers are being encouraged to buy from independent stores on Saturday as part of a campaign to boost UK high streets.
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World leaders urged cut air pollution to save lives poor countries
2015-12-03 14:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: World governments have been urged to tackle air pollution in poorer countries by greening cities, reducing traffic and adopting better diets, and told that this will also rein in climate change, which global health specialists estimate will cause at least 250,000 additional deaths a year by 2030. It makes complete sense to tackle air pollution and climate change together, said Maria Neira, director of the World Health Organisations (WHO) department of public health. The solutions are the same....
UK Shoppers Urged to Buy British Gammon this Christmas
2015-11-18 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Shoppers are being urged to check their gammon really is British this Christmas — and to beware of misleadingly labelled product, from countries with lower animal welfare standards.
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Stop funding fossil fuel projects, World Bank urged
2015-11-08 15:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
OneWorld: The World Bank is right to highlight the connection between poverty and climate change but needs to practice what it preaches and stop funding fossil fuel projects around the globe, says Christian Aid. Responding to Sunday's publication of the bank's new report, Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty Christian Aid's Senior Climate Advisor, Mohamed Adow, said: "It is good to see the World Bank underlining the clear connection between climate change and how it fuels poverty....
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Australia urged to bring forward emissions cuts
2015-11-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Australia should accelerate its emissions cuts by bringing its target forward by five years, Marshall Islands foreign minister Tony de Brum says, while warning that his tiny Pacific nation was already feeling the effects of climate change. Mr de Brum's comments came during Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's visit to the Marshall Islands - a vulnerable collection of isolated, small coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean. Mr Shorten said Labor would embrace more ambitious climate targets for Australia...
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