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This year's landmark Rio+20 conference could help underpin investor confidence in a shift to a more sustainable global economy - if elements in the recently released 'draft outcome' are developed, according to HSBC. Read more: Rio+20 draft offers 'bare bones' of green growth manifesto - HSBC

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Cal/OSHA just announced citations against two California farm labor contractors. The agency cited the contractors for cases of heat illness affecting two employees this... Visit link: We Know It’s Cold Outside But …

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Credit cards are convenient, but processing payments can be costly for small businesses. Enter mobile credit-card readers, which seem to be swiping more and more business from banks and third-party payment processors. One mobile credit-card reader, made by Square, is now used by more than 1 million merchants nationwide -- that's one in eight U.S. merchants, Daily Deal...

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January 17, 2012 – We’ve said it before — more than a dozen times. A child, even a bad one, should not be sent to prison for life without any chance at parole. It’s a ... View original post here: Los Angeles Times Opinion Column – Juvenile offenders and lawmakers get another chance

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By DON THOMPSON – Associated Press = Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 – 3:42 pm SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered California officials to prepare for the end of a six-year, court-ordered oversight of ... Read more: APNewsBreak: Judge to end Calif. prison receiver

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Connecticut Eyes Bear Season—Or Maybe Not Read the original: Connecticut Eyes Bear Season—Or Maybe Not

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Grupo de Trabajo en Páramos del Ecuador (GTP) is a remarkable self-organized group of páramo experts that have met over the past 13 years in Quito, Ecuador. Páramo is an alpine tundra ecosystem which is located in the northern Andes of South America and adjacent southern Central America. Read the original: Conserving Ecuador's Paramos, the alpine tundra ecosystem...

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Demand for the gills of manta and mobula rays has risen dramatically in the past 10 years for use in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), even though they were not historically used for this purpose, a team of researchers from the conservation organizations Shark Savers and WildAid has discovered. The rest is here: Manta Rays Endangered by Sudden Demand...

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The Irish Wildlife Trust says it objects to the current classification of wild boar as an invasive species in Ireland. Read the original: Irish wild boar population 'not invasive'

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A project in Panama to discover natural products of use to the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries has become the first recipient of cash from the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund (NPIF). Visit link: First Nagoya biodiversity project gets funding