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Israeli ban on Galliano dress sparks uproar

2013-04-15 21:47:51| Apparel - Topix.net

JERUSALEM - Israel's national broadcast authority has banned the country's contestant in the upcoming Eurovision song contest from wearing a dress made by John Galliano, citing an anti-Semitic rant by the celebrity designer two years ago.

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A Legal Twist In The Effort To Ban Cameras From Livestock Plants

2013-04-12 00:33:15| Livestock - Topix.net

For years, undercover videos documenting animal cruelty at farms and slaughterhouses have cast the nation's meat and dairy farmers in a grim light.

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European agriculture at risk: time to ban bee-killing pesticides

2013-04-09 14:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Greenpeace: Most of the food served on our tables greatly depends on insects such as bees and their crucial pollinating role in agriculture, but the use of pesticides is increasingly placing the future of bees and our farming at risk. A scientific review of pollinators and agriculture in Europe released by Greenpeace today highlights the ecological and economic importance of healthy bee populations. The study stresses the urgent need to ban bee-harming pesticides. Such a ban would be a crucial first step...

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United Kingdom: Ban hails Thatcher the forgotten climate warrior

2013-04-09 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: UN chief Ban Ki-Moon on Monday lauded a little-remembered act in Margaret Thatcher's welter of political firsts -- when she urged action on global warming. Ban "pays tribute to her contribution to addressing climate change, having been one of the first world leaders to issue a warning about its effects by calling for action at the UN General Assembly already in 1989," said the UN spokesman Martin Nesirky. Thatcher, who died Monday at the age of 87, gave a speech to the United Nations in 1989...

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Shale-rich Spanish region to vote to ban fracking

2013-04-08 07:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Lawmakers in Spain's northern Cantabria region unanimously voted on Monday to ban hydraulic fracturing on environmental concerns, shooting down the central government's hopes for a project to boost jobs in a region believed to be rich in shale gas. Spain, battling a deep recession and high unemployment, imports about 76 percent of its energy needs and the technology to extract shale gas, known as fracking, could help relieve its foreign dependence on oil, coal and gas. Early estimates indicate...

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