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Volkswagen Group joins the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA)

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These standards cover a range of issues, including working health and safety and environmental protection. With its electrification strategy, the car and truck manufacturer has set itself on the path to becoming a future climate-neutral mobility provider. —explains the Volkswagen Group’s Board Member for Purchasing, Murat Aksel.

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Lillian Light Is No Lightweight - The Environmental Lioness of the South Bay is Fired Up, Ready To Go!

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Our relationship started about a month ago when we spent an evening together carpooling to a UCLA workshop on communication climate change that we both participated in. We covered: global warming, nuclear power, clean air, smart growth, globalization and the environment. And on globalization we actually had a union person speak.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. Western Climate Initiative (WCI). Representatives Henry A.

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