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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
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Tetley Tea To Be 100 Percent Rainforest Certified By 2016
from Reuters
The world's second biggest tea company Tetley will source all of its branded tea from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms by 2016, both groups said on Wednesday.
The first certified products will be sold in the United Kingdom foodservice sector by this April and in Canada by early 2011. |
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
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Hottest Temperature Ever Heads Science To Big Bang
from Reuters
Scientists have created the hottest temperature ever in the lab -- 4 trillion degrees Celsius -- hot enough to break matter down into the kind of soup that existed microseconds after the birth of the universe.< |
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
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Big business leaves big forest footprints
from BBC - Andrew Mitchell
Burning tropical forests drives global warming faster than the world's entire transport sector; there will be no solution to climate change without stopping deforestation
When was the last time you had a "rainforest picnic"? Or even, perhaps, an "all-day Amazon breakfast"?
Next time you are in a supermarket picking up a chicken sandwich for lunch, or fancy tucking in to a hearty breakfast of eggs, sausage and bacon before setting off for work, spare a thought for the Amazon. |
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
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GUATEMALA: Anti-Mine Activists Encouraged by Canadian Ruling
from ipsnews
Ecologists in Guatemala see a recent ruling by Canada's Supreme Court, which ordered Canadian mining companies to carry out rigorous environmental assessments, as a positive precedent that could help improve environmental controls over the mining industry in this Central American country.< |
