In: World News

New brand offers sustainable base layer fabric
11/30/2011

MELBOURNE – New clothing brand Frankly has introduced a new, lightweight fabric made from a blend of organic cotton and non-mulesed…

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World’s first fully renewable, biobased PET
11/30/2011

TOKYO – in producing laboratory-scale samples of the world’s first fully renewable biobased PET fibre, researchers in Japan claim to have…

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Japan tsunami cotton update
11/30/2011

SENDAI – Following our earlier reports on the Japanese initiative to plant cotton in Sendai to help regenerate agricultural land affected…

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Novozymes offers new denim finishing technology
11/30/2011

BAGSVAERD – Danish bioinnovation company Novozymes has developed a new abrasion effect product for the denim finishing sector which is designed…

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Brands publish zero discharge roadmap
11/30/2011

LEEDS – A group of the world’s largest clothing retailers and brands have teamed up to develop a joint ‘roadmap’ towards…

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Time running out for deal at climate talks
11/29/2011

JOHANNESBURG — As delegates gather in South Africa to plot the next big push against climate change, Western governments are saying it’s…

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Texas, Oklahoma drought kills thousands of Christmas trees
11/29/2011

By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, Associated Press NEW CANEY, Texas — Dry, brown grass crunches underfoot as David Barfield walks through his 45-acre…

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Sea turned red with blood as Faroe Islanders hunt pilot whales
11/29/2011

GRAPHIC WARNING: This post contains graphic images which some viewers may find disturbing. David R Arnott writes: Dozens of boats herded a group…

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Bedük to play ın Eskişehir
11/29/2011

Bedük will play at club Hayal in the central Anatolian province of Eskişehir Nov. 26. The concert starts at 9:30 p.m….

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UN chief urges leaders to finalize climate fund
11/29/2011

DHAKA, Bangladesh — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders Monday to finalize the financing for a multibillion-dollar fund to fight the…

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