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Ban Ki-moon seeks bold climate pledges at 2014 summit; not a deadline
2013-11-21 09:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders on Thursday to make "bold pledges" for cuts in greenhouse gases by next September to guide a deal to fight climate change but acknowledged that many nations would be late. Ban also told Reuters that rich nations' promises at U.N. climate talks in Warsaw for new funds to help the poor tackle more heatwaves, floods and rising sea levels caused by global warming were "insufficient". Ban will host a one-day summit in New York on September 23,...
EU to Ban Five Parabens in Cosmetics
2013-11-21 06:00:00| Happi Breaking News
Ruling goes into effect February 2014.
Oberweis eyes ending state's Sunday car sales ban
2013-11-20 23:02:02| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Sugar Grove Republican Jim Oberweis tells the Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers that he wants to introduce legislation next year allowing Sunday vehicle sales.
Ban Ki-moon says current climate pledges are insufficient to fight global warming
2013-11-20 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged governments to put forth more ambitious plans to cut carbon emissions, saying "current pledges are simply inadequate.' Speaking to a U.N. climate conference in Warsaw, Ban said countries need to "set the bar higher' as they negotiate a new global climate agreement that is supposed to be adopted in Paris in 2015. He asked countries to bring announcements on climate action to a special summit of world leaders in New York next September. "From...
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Ban says people feel 'planet's wrath' over warming
2013-11-19 17:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: People around the world are feeling the "wrath of a warming planet", U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday, urging almost 200 governments to take tougher action to reach a deal in 2015 on fighting global warming. Ban told environment ministers at climate talks in Warsaw they had a steep climb ahead to agree to cut rising greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say fuel more extreme weather. The Warsaw talks are struggling to lay the foundations for a new global accord, meant to...
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