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Uganda: Free solar mobile phone chargers for rural women

Pius Sawa writes about solar mobile phone chargers in Uganda: “Motorola company has introduced a new innovative technology of phone charging called Motorpower Kiosk.The project was launched on May 10th 2007 in Kampala. Each Motorpower kiosk is charged by a…

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Pregnant Barista Facing Discrimination and Imminent Termination

Sisters and Brothers: Starbucks barista Christina Rosevear and her 19 month-old daughter need your help now. Christina recently learned that she was pregnant with her second child and she promptly informed the store manager at the Northern California Starbucks where…

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Bangkok Blinks: Is A Merck Deal At Hand?

Thailand may revoke the compulsory license issued for a generic version of Merck’s Efavirenz AIDS drugs after upbeat talks with the drugmaker. Thailand’s Public Health Minister Mongkol na Songkhla says Merck reps proposed several options that could lead to a…

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Coming soon: the shopping channel run by drug firms

Four of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies are proposing to launch a television station to tell the public about their drugs, amid strenuous lobbying across Europe by the industry for an end to restrictions aimed at protecting patients. Pharma TV…

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Global poverty — what corporations can do

First we launched the project “Piloting solution for reversing brain drain into brain gain for Africa” together with UNESCO at the end of last year. Over the past decade, African countries have suffered from emigration of up to 70 percent…

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Customers happy to go green, but not if it costs

Despite growing concern for the environment, people aren't prepared to pay more for green products, technology, media and telecoms executives told an industry summit this week. Ideas are multiplying for ways to save energy, increase recycling and use more environmentally…

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Green company snubs oil giant in global row

A GREEN-minded firm has refused to work with oil giant ExxonMobil because it claims the company has a history of climate change denial. Ardeley-based corporate events company MotivAction was approached by ExxonMobil to run an event, but turned it down.…

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ExxonMobil Chemical Recognized for Energy Efficiency by ACC and IETC

ExxonMobil Chemical (NYSE:XOM) has earned awards for energy efficiency from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and from the Industrial Energy Technology Conference (IETC) hosted by the Energy Systems Laboratory of the Texas A&M University System. Since 2000, ExxonMobil has identified…

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Coffee companies aim to boost eco-friendly purchases

Some 30 percent of the beans in Kraft's Yuban coffee brand are the result sustainable growing techniques, the minimum percentage required for certification. "Our goal is to continue to try to grow the Yuban trademark," said Gregory Nesmith, senior brand…

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