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Indigenous leaders, gov't declare largest protected area in Surname

2015-03-13 17:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The Southern Suriname Conservation Corridor was made official when indigenous leaders and members of Suriname's parlaiment met to sign a declaration on March 5. Photo courtesy of Forward Motion. Indigenous leaders from southern Suriname took the first steps toward creating the South American countrys largest recognized protected area with a declaration to parliament on March 5. Theyve been protecting it, and what we now have is a clarified vision of how we can help them to improve its protection,...

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Under The Dome Chinese Documentary On Air Pollution Spurs Govt Action?

2015-03-05 01:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Clean Technica: A recent, widely seen documentary on air pollution in China by the name of Under the Dome appears to have had a strangely pronounced effect on the Chinese government. Rather than stifle those involved, or brush the matter aside, some higher ups have even praised the documentary. Is a sea change coming? Has it already occurred? While the Chinese government has made some moves towards addressing the issue of air pollution (electric vehicle incentives, clean energy development, etc), the scale...

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Ind. Gov't. - More on: Purdue's 'Trimble Report' finally released. Results are surprising

2015-02-22 22:11:10| Steel - Topix.net

Updating this ILB post from Friday afternoon, Sherry Slater reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette in a story headed "Local push fueled exit of Wartell: Papers show business leaders acted secretly to end his stay." The long story today begins: While then-IPFW Chancellor Michael Wartell was battling Purdue University leaders to remain in his job through the school's 50th anniversary, some local business leaders were secretly lobbying for a new campus leader.

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Sugar mills seek govt help to dispose of supply surplus

2015-02-16 09:03:07| Sugar Industry News

DUBAI (Reuters) - Struggling sugar mills in India should benefit from a fixed-pricing mechanism for fuel ethanol but still need government support to export surplus sugar, the Director General of the Indian Sugar Mills Association said on Sunday.

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