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Support For U.S. Climate Regulation Growing: PollA growing number of Americans want the United States to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as the largest oil spill in U.S. history helps boost interest in petroleum alternatives, a poll by two universities found on Tuesday. |
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Responsible investors tackle corruptionA worldwide coalition of investment companies controlling over $1.7 trillion in assets has written this week to 21 major companies, asking them to explain their policies on bribery and corruption. |
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Summit agrees to protect nuclear stocks ‘in four years’The leaders of almost 50 countries have pledged to secure all vulnerable nuclear material within four years. |
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Bribery given zero toleranceFor the first time, companies can now be sued for failing to prevent bribery and corruption, due to one of the last pieces of legislation to be passed before the general election. |
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Don’t have children: save the earth“The single most meaningful contribution I can make to a cleaner, greener world is not to have children,” writes Lisa Hymas of environmental news site Grist. |
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Obama limits US nuclear arms usePresident Barack Obama's administration has unveiled a defence policy to significantly narrow the circumstances in which the US would use nuclear arms. |
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White House Issues New Gas Mileage StandardsThat gallon of gas is going to get you a little farther. The Obama administration signed off on the nation's first rules on greenhouse gas emissions Thursday and set new fuel standards that will raise current standards by nearly 10 mpg by the 2016 model year. |
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U.S., Russia to sign nuclear arms treatyU.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have agreed to sign a new treaty that will reduce and limit global stockpiles of nuclear weapons. |
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US House passes key healthcare reformThe US House of Representatives has narrowly voted to pass a landmark healthcare reform bill at the heart of President Barack Obama's agenda. |
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EU nations have decided to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stockEU nations have decided to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover. |
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