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In China, Ban highlights country?s leadership on sustainable development, climate change
2016-07-08 08:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
UN News: In China, Ban highlights countrys leadership on sustainable development, climate change Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) addresses a joint press conference with Wang Yi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Peoples Republic of China. In China today, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the countrys relationship with the Organization, noting in particular its crucial role in improving tensions, building peace and promoting the agenda on climate change. As a permanent...
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Russia extends ban on western foods until 2017
2016-07-04 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
Russia has extended ban on foods imported from the West until the end of next year.
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To Fight Pollution, Paris Imposes Weekday Ban On Old Cars
2016-07-01 22:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Paris was at the forefront of public bike-sharing schemes, and it now has electric car-sharing schemes and is something of a laboratory for mobility. As of today, motorists with cars built before 1997, and motorcycles built before 2000, will no longer be able to drive them in the city during daylight hours on weekdays. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says keeping old cars out of the city will help lower pollution levels. But not everyone is happy about it. Marc Vernhet makes his living driving tourists...
Texas, a center of U.S. shark fin trade, enacts ban on practice
2016-07-01 21:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Texas A ban on the shark fin trade took effect in Texas on Friday, a move environmental groups hope will end the state's status as one of the main U.S. centers for the product prized as a delicacy in Chinese cuisine. Texas became the first state on the Gulf of Mexico coast to enact a ban on the trade and joins 10 other states, mostly on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, to prohibit a practice that conservationists blame for a global decline in sharks. Texas had seen a 240 percent increase in...
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China says will ban IPOs by firms breaking environment protection rules
2016-07-01 11:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's securities regulator said on Friday it would ban initial public offerings (IPOs) by companies which have violated environmental protection rules over the previous 36 months. The China Securities Regulatory Commission said the move is part of Chinese efforts to combat pollution. The commission also said it would bar additional share sales by listed companies that break environmental rules, and will actively encourage companies to issue bonds to finance "green" business.
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