Recently more than 90 global leaders gathered for a climate change summit in New York City to brainstorm about the affects of global warming and to come up with some possible solutions to combat the problem. President Barack Obama spoke at the summit, noting that taking zero action on climate change could leave future generations with an “irreversible catastrophe.“
President Obama also noted that the United States is “determined to act” and has put climate at the top of the diplomatic agenda with countries across regions, from China and India to Brazil and Mexico. U.S. leader at the summit agree that [...]

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Obama: climate change may be irreversible

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Google Inc is planning to develop its own mirror technology for solar energy that could be more cheaper and accessible to the masses, reducing the cost of building solar thermal plants by a quarter or more.

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Reverse Trick-or-Treating sounds, well, a little tricky, but really it’s an amazing campaign to help stop all sorts of social and economical ills around the world, as well as encourage kids and adults to learn about the issues now.

The Reverse Trick-or-Treating campaign launched three years ago by Global Exchange in order to create awareness of the pervasive problem of child labor, forced labor and trafficking in the cocoa fields. It also serves to empower consumers to advocate for more fair cocoa sourcing policies. Fair Trade standards matter to people all over the world – when you support Fair Trade [...]

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Fair Trade Reverse Trick-or-Treating

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