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European Union still failing to control illegal timber trade, says WWF
2014-08-07 17:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: An investigation conducted by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) has concluded that after a year of a supposed crackdown, the EU is still failing to uphold its own law to stop the trade of illegal timber. According to the report, only 11 member states have passed laws effective enough to maintain adequate checks on the importing of illegal timber, normally sourced from environmental conservation zones. The 17 other member nations, who have all either implemented low level sanctions or retain...
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China will try U.S.-British couple for illegal probe
2014-08-04 21:23:31| Biotech - Topix.net
In the first case of its kind involving foreigners, a British citizen and his American wife go on trial in Shanghai on Friday on charges of conducting an illegal investigation for GlaxoSmithKline in connection with allegations of bribery by the British pharmaceutical giant to boost sales in China.
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Startup plans to tackle illegal deforestation in Amazon with old smartphones
2014-08-01 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Old smartphones turned into solar devices to detect illegal activities in the Amazon are the innovative response proposed by a San Francisco-based start up that has joined conservationists to protect rainforest. San Francisco tech start-up Rainforest Connection has teamed up with conservation charities and indigenous communities to protect the Amazon for illegal logging and receiving widespread support. The company which has an undergoing campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds collects...
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DEQ charges Japanese boat with illegal discharge into Willamette River
2014-08-01 03:40:28| Waste Management - Topix.net
Japanese merchant ship 'La Bamba' was fined $15,600 by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for discharging its ballast water illegally into the Willamette River.
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Paul Ryan says climate rule is illegal
2014-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said the administration's regulations aimed at cutting pollution from existing power plants are "outside the confines of the law." Speaking at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast on Wednesday, the GOP's 2012 vice presidential nominee said the new rules would hurt the economy and cost the country jobs. "When I see the debate about climate change come down to advocating reforms or taxes or regulations or policies that won't even solve the purported problem, all they...
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