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Food & Farming awards finalists announced
A farmer on the Isle of Man whose one-man campaign saved a breed of sheep from extinction; an old-fashioned smokehouse on Brighton beach; a Somerset apple grower who makes a French inspired brandy; and a family-run farm business in Wales making salamis and chorizos, are just a few of the talented finalists in this year’s [...]
US Government Stalls on Visa for Colombian Activist
Delays Could Prevent Activist from Being Present to Receive Human Rights Award Gonzalez was chosen by Human Rights First for the 2009 Human Rights Award in recognition of his courageous defense of human rights in Colombia. He will be honored at an event hosted by legendary newsman Tom Brokaw. Instead of being part of the [...]
British ex-pat raises breast cancer awareness in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Early detection of breast cancer is the key toward saving women’s lives, says breast cancer survivor Dorothy Robb, an expat who has been living in Kuwait for three and a half years. Dorothy was diagnosed with breast cancer, a fate shared by one in eight women globally, during a routine mammogram screening back in [...]
Local government spending £Millions resisting fair wages for all
Millions of pounds of council taxpayers’ money is being spent on fighting legal battles to stop low paid women winning equal pay. Local authorities are spending up to £1.3m each on private barristers’ and solicitors’ fees and up to £1.2m on their own staff’s time attempting to resist the fight for fair wages. A survey [...]
UK organisations will save £1billion and more than 4MtCO2 each year by 2020
The final details of the Government’s scheme to save organisations money on fuel bills and to reduce carbon emissions have been unveiled today by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme is a new regulatory incentive to improve energy efficiency in large public and private sector organisations. Large [...]
Join 24/7 Moneybox on Social Networking Site Twitter
24/7 Moneybox who specialise in providing instant payday loans of up to £800, now invite customers to tweet to them on Twitter. London, England, September 10, 2009 — 24/7 Moneybox who specialise in providing instant payday loans of up to £800, now invite customers to tweet to them on Twitter. Twitter is a social networking [...]
Global warming set to continue
Global warming continues to pose a real threat that should not be ignored — a claim reinforced in a new study by scientists reported in a supplement of the August issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. This is despite very small global temperature rises over the last 10 years. Met Office Hadley [...]
MMP Fair for everyone – New Zealand Mixed Member Proportional electoral system
MMP gives all New Zealanders a say and is fair for everyone. Voters need the full picture of its effectiveness before deciding its future, said the Green Party today. “MMP has delivered representative democracy to New Zealand. It is a modern, fair system which is under attack from small, right wing groups that want to [...]
Trees up for the chop in New Zealand
The Government’s last-minute changes to the Resource Management Act – released today – will hasten the chop for protected trees, despite public outcry and the Green Party’s efforts to negotiate a compromise. “While the Greens have suggested slowing down controversial cuts to tree protection, National are hell bent on fast tracking changes. They are using [...]
New Zealand deserves clean air
The Government’s air quality standards have come under fire from the Green Party for not monitoring fine particle pollutants. “The National Government needs to get serious about keeping New Zealand’s air clean and introduce regulations around fine particle pollutants. These pollutants pose serious health risks to all New Zealanders,” said Dr Russel Norman Green Party [...]
