Keyword: United Nations

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UN Sees Natural Gas a Key to Forests, Helping Poor

19.06.2012 - Natural gas, including non-traditional shale gas, should play a major role in cutting greenhouse gases, protecting forests and improving the health and living standards of the...

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Greenhouse Gases Levels At Record, Accelerating

23.11.2011 - Greenhouse gases that cause climate change have reached record levels in the atmosphere and show no sign of receding, despite global awareness of the need to switch to alternative...

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No Proof Of Drug Industry Sway On WHO In Pandemic

11.03.2011 - Independent experts who examined the World Health Organization's handling of the H1N1 pandemic said on Thursday they had found no evidence of drug industry influence on the U.N...

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DSM’s Feike Sijbesma Named Humanitarian of the Year

18.01.2011 - Feed The World - When DSM's CEO Feike Sijbesma was awarded the UN's 2010 Humanitarian of the Year Award, it put the chemical industry in a new light. Sijbesma, who won the award...

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Key Issues at UN Talks to Protect Nature

18.10.2010 - The United Nations says the world is facing the worst losses of animal and plant species since the dinosaurs vanished 65 million years ago, a crisis that needs to be addressed by...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Surviving Purple Fever

16.09.2010 - Labeling is Mission Critical - Within the last several years, the industry has seen an unprecedented change in the legislation that impacts the chemical industry and users of...

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EU Sees Limit on Industrial Projects in Co2 Scheme

27.08.2010 - The European Union's top climate official proposed on Wednesday new limits on the use of carbon offsets from industrial gas projects, under fire by green groups, in the EU's...