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Offsets must not replace food retailers’ decarbonisation
A letter to The Financial Times says offsets must not replace decarbonisation efforts,...
Haiti Earthquake Tensions To Get Aid Through
Haiti Earthquake Tensions. The BBC reports that five days after a powerful earthquake...
Americans are moving to a region plagued by drought
The Economist reports that America's West is in the grip of a 22-year...
Corporates: we’re not liable for failing to combat child labour
The world’s largest cocoa companies have responded to a class action in the...
Soaring food costs force families to scrimp
Food costs force families to scrimp Bloomberg reports that prices for food have...
US to ban chlorpyrifos on food crops
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it will ban the use...
Morrisons bid rival to make pledge on property sale
Morrisons bid rival The BBC reports that US buyout firm Clayton, Dubilier &...
Olam seeking $3 billion for IPO food ingredients unit
Reuters reports that Olam International is considering raising about £2 billion ($2.8 billion)...
Saving uneaten food can help the climate
The BBC reports that twins Shirley and Annie Zhu were 15 when in...
Plastic waste: Crabs confused by chemical additive
The BBC says hermit crabs could be mistaking pollution for food because of...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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