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Families of victims of Qatari Villaggio Mall fire file new lawsuits in USA & Qatar alleging mall's construction & management firms were negligent
Author: Lesley Walker, Doha News (Qatar)
"Families of children killed in Villaggio fire file lawsuits in US, Qatar", 1 Jun 2015...
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Author: Ministerio de Sanidad, Política Social e Igualdad, España
La ministra de Sanidad, Política Social e Igualdad…ha entregado…los distintivos Igualdad en la Empresa…a 39 empresas…[por su] aplicación de políticas de igualdad de trato y de oportunidades con sus trabajadoras y trabajadores…Para la concesión del...
EU Wants to Cut Greenhouse Gases in Cars, Shoes
Author: Jeff Mason, Reuters
The European Union's battle against global warming will force companies to change automobile air conditioning systems and restrict the sale of air-cushioned sports shoes. The measures, included in draft legislation, are part of the EU's commitment...
U.K. Government to Set Green Procurement Example
Author: Edie News
A resounding call for the public sector to "buy green" has been issued by U.K. Environment Minister Elliot Morley as he announced stricter sustainable purchasing targets...he...added that sustainable procurement was not just about environmental...
China: The story of the Hangzhou hydrofluoric acid leak from beginning to end
Author: Southern Weekend [China]
[Report on hydrofluoric acid leak from Zhejiang Lantian factory, which produces chemicals for use in fire fighting and as refrigerants. It sells latter to Haier and Kelon, and for export to US. None killed in this leak, one worker badly burned and...
[PDF] United Technologies: "Progress Report 2003: Environment, Health & Safety"
Author: United Technologies
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Business Meets Its Match
Author: Samuel Loewenberg, American Prospect
The European Union, concerned that it does not have health or environmental data on the majority of the [chemical] compounds now in use, is crafting legislation that by 2005 will require the industry to conduct extensive safety tests on 30,000 common...
Workforce: Watch yourself at work [USA]
Author: T.K. Maloy, UPI
A total of 8,786 work fatalities were reported in 2001 [in USA], including those related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...The construction industry, with fatalities at their highest level since the fatality census was first conducted in 1992,...
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EU demands proof states are protecting ozone layer
Author: Reuters
The European Commission said none of the 15 member states had shown how they intended to ensure ozone-depleting chemicals in scrapped fridges or old fire extinguishers would be safely removed to stop them worsening the hole in the ozone layer.
Government and Ferro Corporation settle Clean Air Act claims [USA]
Author: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Company violated new source review at its former flame retardant manufacturing operations - The Justice Department, the Environmental Protection Agency, the state of Indiana, and the city of Hammond, Ind. today jointly entered into a $3 million...
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