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World Shipping Body Toughens Their Emissions Targets

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It targets a reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net-zero “by or about 2050.” Previously, member states had agreed to reduce its emissions by half by 2050. The nations with the most flagged vehicles are Panama, China, Singapore, the Marshall Islands, and Liberia. Nevertheless, the costs could be massive.

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Viral Reaction: Zika and the Supply Chain

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Motorola, for example, refrained 500 night-shift employees from reporting to work on their Singapore plant and quarantined 305 workers as an assembly-line worker was diagnosed with SARS. Ebola Cuts Off Supply Lines. s iron ore mining site in Liberia, management declared force majeure and moved workers out of the country.