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COPENHAGEN - The UN development agency called Wednesday for a tax on foreign exchange trading deals, which are worth hundreds of billions of dollars per day, to help the world's poor deal with the effects of climate change. Continue reading here: UNDP wants forex trading tax to help poor on climate change

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A new report from the United Nations Development Program warns that if drastic measures are not taken to prepare nations for the impacts of climate change, the economic progress of the world's developing countries could stall or even be reversed by 2050. Read the original here: Climate Change Imperils Global Prosperity, U.N. Warns

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(Reuters) - A group of island states most vulnerable to global warming have lashed out against rich nations for wanting to delay a new international climate pact until years after the Kyoto Protocol on curbing carbon emissions expires in 2012. Read the rest here: Vulnerable islands urge climate deal before end-2012

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BANGKOK, Nov 03, 2011 (IPS) - This sinking mega-city's eight million people are paying the price of ignoring warnings over many years concerning its climate vulnerability and the incapacity of its soggy foundations to handle flooding. See the original post: 'Bangkok Ignored Warnings'

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WHEN Charles Moore sailed his 50-foot catamaran Alguita through one of the remotest, least-visited parts of the Pacific Ocean in 1997, he was appalled to find plastic flotsam everywhere. Continue reading here: Pacific Ocean chokes on plastic pollution

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In less than one week, the California Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Brinker v. Superior Court on November 8, 2011. Employers have... See more here: Live Blogging on Brinker

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November 2, 2011 - The Sacramento Bee California’s current and future state and local employees would pay more for their pensions under two ballot initiative proposals submitted to the state attorney general today with the intent of ... View original post here: California group moves to put pension overhaul on 2012 ballot

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The New York Times – By JIM DWYER – Published: November 1, 2011 Early in the morning on Oct. 22, a Saturday, Ms. Zucker, 21, and her friend Alex Fischer, also 21, were stopped by the ... See original here: Dismal Tale of Arrest for Tiniest of Crimes

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Guest post by Jennifer K. Halford, Esq. Independent contractors are very much in vogue these days. I recently attended a Women in Business Conference where I was asked by a small business owner if she should hire an independent contractor for her business. It occurred to me during our discussion that business owners generally understand the difference between...

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