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Corporations have a responsibility to be mindful of their impact on social, environmental and human health issues impacted by their policies and products.  Our finite planetary resources are fast dwindling and destroying the very fabric of life. #CSR #Sustainability #SocioEconomics #GDP #EcoEconomics #Brands #Environment #ClimateChange #
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A QUESTION OF ETHICS? First 'mixed embryo' monkeys born - Monkeys expected to be better model for humans than are mice

A QUESTION OF ETHICS? First 'mixed embryo' monkeys born - Monkeys expected to be better model for humans than are mice | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
For the first time, scientists have produced monkeys composed of cells taken from completely different embryos.
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January 6, 2012 5:53 AM
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All Eyes on German Renewable Energy Efforts for a future powered entirely by renewable energy.

All Eyes on German Renewable Energy Efforts for a future powered entirely by renewable energy. | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
FELDHEIM, Germany--This tiny village in a wind-swept corner of eastern Germany seems an unlikely place for a revolution.
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January 6, 2012 5:24 AM
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USDA and Big Ag has Great Power Leverage it seems: Tories and Labour renew backing for GM food crops

USDA and Big Ag has Great Power Leverage it seems: Tories and Labour renew backing for GM food crops | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
Farming minister tells conference GM can help meet rising food demand, while Mary Creagh MP calls for 'open mind' on GM (Food Security: Guardian ‘Tories and Labour renew backing for GM food crops’
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January 6, 2012 5:03 AM
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allAfrica.com: Sustainable Africa: Environment

allAfrica.com: Sustainable Africa: Environment | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it

Sustainable Africa: African news and information for a global audience...

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January 8, 2012 12:05 AM
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Food Security - GMO, Food, Agriculture and Climate Change

Brief but compelling presentation of GMO and food security. Genetically Modified Organisms play role in climate change. Fritjof Capra

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January 6, 2012 4:56 AM
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Green Technology: The Ancient Persian Wind Power Technologies. The earliest known wind power system was design around 3000 years ago in ancient Persia

Green Technology: The Ancient Persian Wind Power Technologies. The earliest known wind power system was design around 3000 years ago in ancient Persia | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
Wind power technologies of the Ancient Persia and applications of vertical axis wind power system today...
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January 6, 2012 2:56 AM
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The contribution of trees to our lives: it is time to take stock

The contribution of trees to our lives: it is time to take stock | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
French botanist Francis Hallé makes a case for the defence of trees as a powerful ally in saving the Earth's ecosystems (Trees could save the planet http://t.co/NaYXZBBh...)...
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January 6, 2012 2:05 AM
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Avoiding fracking earthquakes: expensive venture

Avoiding fracking earthquakes: expensive venture | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With mounting evidence linking hundreds of small earthquakes from Oklahoma to Ohio to the energy industry's growing use of fracking technology, scientists say there is one way to minimize...
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January 6, 2012 1:24 AM
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FRACKING: Expert says Ohio earthquake was not a natural event

FRACKING: Expert says Ohio earthquake was not a natural event | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake in Ohio on New Year's Eve did not occur naturally and may have been caused by high-pressure liquid injection related to oil and gas exploration and production.

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January 6, 2012 1:30 AM
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Colorado emerges as next oil frontier raising fears of destroyed aquifers and poisoned drinking water

Colorado emerges as next oil frontier raising fears of destroyed aquifers and poisoned drinking water | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it

raises fears of destroyed aquifers and poisoned drinking waterAs energy players size up potential of Niobrara formation, citizens and state officials weigh prospect of boom against environmental concerns  ...

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January 6, 2012 1:27 AM
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Panel urges lower cutoff for child lead poisoning

Panel urges lower cutoff for child lead poisoning | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it

For the first time in 20 years, a federal panel is urging the government to lower the threshold for lead poisoning in children.If adopted, hundreds of thousands more children could be diagnosed with lead poisoning. Too much lead is harmful to developing brains and can mean a lower IQ.

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January 6, 2012 1:03 AM
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Seed Daily Express - minerals and photons

Seed Daily Express - minerals and photons | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it

READING: Seed Daily brings you daily news on land, seed, water food news.

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January 6, 2012 12:52 AM
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Big Ag putting Squeeze on Small Farms: Why Canadian Chicken Cartels Are "the Enemy of Deliciousness" - CAFOs

Big Ag putting Squeeze on Small Farms: Why Canadian Chicken Cartels Are "the Enemy of Deliciousness" - CAFOs | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
An expensive system of quotas makes small farming almost impossible, say Canadian critics of "supply management".
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January 6, 2012 5:56 AM
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Protecting Bolivia's delicate ecosystems

Protecting Bolivia's delicate ecosystems | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
In Bolivia's remote Chaco region, poor natural resource management coupled with changes in the climate are making family farming a very risky business.
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January 6, 2012 5:50 AM
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How solar power can help the billion people without electricity

How solar power can help the billion people without electricity | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
Yale Environment 360: Solar panels in poor villages and neighbourhoods could be the best way to the billion people without access to electricity (Solarpower help Billion people without electricity http://t.co/YA4I8VdU...)...
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January 6, 2012 5:22 AM
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'Greenest government ever' must do better – but so must green groups, too: Giving Credit where Credit is Due

'Greenest government ever' must do better – but so must green groups, too: Giving Credit where Credit is Due | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
Green leaders are right to shout loud towards government, but they will be ignored unless they give due credit as well (It should be obvious that in a sustainable world, there can be no conflict between economy and environment.
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January 6, 2012 3:11 AM
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China to levy carbon tax before 2015 - report

BEIJING, Jan 5 (Reuters) - China's biggest energy-consuming companies are likely to face a direct tax on carbon dioxide emissions by 2015, the Xinhua-backed Economic Information Daily reported on Thursday,...
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EUROPE CAVES TO US INTERESTS: EU Environment Ministers fail to stand up for nature in face of farm lobby interests

EUROPE CAVES TO US INTERESTS: EU Environment Ministers fail to stand up for nature in face of farm lobby interests | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
The EU Environment Council conclusions on the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, show the interests of the farm lobby will weaken biodiversity protection.
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January 6, 2012 2:00 AM
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WE GET GAS, AND POISONED GROUND WATER, AND EARTHQUAKES...GREAT...Shale Gas Turns the Tables on Petroleum Powers - IPS ipsnews.net

WE GET GAS, AND POISONED GROUND WATER, AND EARTHQUAKES...GREAT...Shale Gas Turns the Tables on Petroleum Powers - IPS ipsnews.net | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
Countries that have always depended on imported oil and gas, like Chile, Paraguay, Poland or Ukraine, and especially heavy consumers such as the United States and China, could become self-sufficient in natural gas in the near future and even start...
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January 6, 2012 2:09 AM
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Bracing for the Fake Sugar Rush: Chemically derived sweetners

Bracing for the Fake Sugar Rush: Chemically derived sweetners | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
One reason Truvia is so appealing is its position as a natural alternative to aspartame, saccharin and other chemically derived sugar substitutes.
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January 6, 2012 1:56 AM
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Russia's Mars Probe, Falling To Earth In January

Russia's Mars Probe, Falling To Earth In January | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
MOSCOW -- Fragments of a failed Russian space probe are now expected to fall to Earth on Jan. 15, officials said Wednesday. The unmanned Phobos-Ground probe was launched Nov.
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January 6, 2012 1:45 AM
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FAST, FASTER, FASTEST: China Tests 500 Kmph Super High-Speed Train

FAST, FASTER, FASTEST: China Tests 500 Kmph Super High-Speed Train | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
China recently launched a super-rapid test which is capable of travelling 500 kilometers per hour, state media said on Monday, as the country moves ahead with its railway ambitions despite serious problems on its high-speed network.
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January 6, 2012 1:31 AM
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Solar Panels Compete With Cheap Natural Gas: Big Oil undercuts green energy prices

Solar Panels Compete With Cheap Natural Gas: Big Oil undercuts green energy prices | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
With new, affordable supplies of natural gas coming to market, renewable forms of energy are having difficulty competing. Electricity prices are down, which means it now takes longer for people who installed solar panels to recover their investment.
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Canada's Boreal Forest: The Year in Review - Pew Environment Group

Canada's Boreal Forest: The Year in Review - Pew Environment Group | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
Governments, scientists, and conservation groups are taking important steps to protect the boreal and to showcase its importance. Learn about five developments from 2011.
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January 6, 2012 1:02 AM
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Japan plans futuristic Robot farm in Fukushima disaster zone

Japan plans futuristic Robot farm in Fukushima disaster zone | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – | Scoop.it
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 5, 2012 - Japan is planning a futuristic farm where robots do the lifting in an experimental project on land swamped by the March tsunami, the government said Thursday.
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