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Will Our Politicians Now Take Climate Change Seriously?
2016-06-16 10:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CounterPunch: Western governments may be dithering over taking action over climate change, but their defence chiefs think differently -- at least regarding changing weapons systems to suit rising world temperatures. Major defense companies are studying the retro-fitting and upgrade of armanents, power plants and platforms to cope with rising temperatures amid predictions the world`s hot spots are getting hotter on land and on sea. The world`s defence chiefs are particularly concerned with two zones in particular,...
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EU politicians say no to forests as easy option for curbing emissions
2016-06-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Seven political groups in the European Parliament on Wednesday called on the European Commission to prevent nations such as a Poland using forests to try to escape from cutting emissions in other areas. Following the Paris climate change agreement in December last year, the European Union is about to begin what is expected to be a fierce debate on how to cut emissions across the 28-member bloc. Poland, which is heavily reliant on coal, has been promoting the idea of climate neutrality, rather...
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EU Politicians Vote to Support Origin Labels on Meat, Dairy
2016-05-16 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Country of origin labelling should be made mandatory for meat and milk, MEPs reiterated once again in a non-binding resolution voted on Thursday.
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Politicians, union leaders and teachers blast school turnaround plans
2016-04-07 02:45:16| Electronics - Topix.net
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Katie McGinty, candidate in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, joined local union and political leaders Wednesday in opposing a turnaround plan for an elementary school in North Philadelphia. "If you didn't know the school was slated for essentially a destabilizing turnaround, you would never have known that by walking through the school," Weingarten said after an hour-long tour of E.W. Rhodes Elementary School.
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EU Politicians Call Again for Country of Origin Labels for Meat
2016-03-24 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Food safety MEPs reiterated their support for introducing mandatory country of origin labelling of meat and milk, in a non-binding resolution voted on Tuesday.
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