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Boeing reports on its environmental performance

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has reduced carbon dioxide emissions at major U.S. facilities by 31 percent, on a revenue-adjusted basis, since 2002. During the same period, normalized for revenues, the company has reduced energy consumption 32 percent, hazardous-waste generation 38 percent…

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U.S. banks launch lobbying, ad blitzkrieg

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is running image-boosting ads in major U.S. newspapers, touting its work counselling cash-strapped homeowners and extending credit to small businesses. Bank of America is spending millions on a series of spots highlighting the bank's role in…

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Nestlé becomes TFT’s newest member

TFT to Follow Palm Oil Back to Source for Nestlé; Swiss Giant Commits to Excluding Suppliers that Destroy Forests. Greenpeace Welcomes Agreement as "Very Positive" 17 May 2010. The Forest Trust (TFT) announced today  that Swiss consumer goods company Nestlé…

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Accords pétroliers: la RDC perd plus de 10 milliards U$ en Ituri

Les contrats signés avec des compagnies  pour l’exploitation de pétrole sur le lac Albert entraà®nent un manque à  gagner de plus de 10 milliards de dollars à  l’Etat congolais, a révélé mercredi l’observatoire  britannique de pétrole Platform, au cours d’un…

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Wal-Mart pledges $2 billion in food and grants to fight hunger

Wal-Mart announced plans Wednesday to donate $2 billion over five years to food banks and hunger relief organizations, one of the largest charitable efforts that the nation's largest grocer has undertaken. The Bentonville, Ark.-based chain said it will give more…

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Niger : l’héritage radioactif légué par AREVA

Areva extrait de l’uranium au Nord du Niger, autour des villes d’Arlit et d’Akokan, depuis 40 ans. Greenpeace a pu accéder à  certaines zones d’extraction minière en novembre dernier pour prélever des échantillons de sol, d’eau et d’air. La CRIIRAD,…

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BP shareholder in Pa. sues execs over Gulf oil spill

NEW ORLEANS - A BP shareholder has filed suit against the corporation's top executives because of the offshore rig disaster that has led to the growing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Filed in federal court in New Orleans…

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HP in Deep Duty

Hewlett-Packard is running into quite a bit of trouble abroad these days. First, allegations of bribery in Russia, and now claims of customs evasion in India. That country’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence this week claimed that HP ducked some $322…

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