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  • New Guidelines to Help Companies Report on Sustainability Issues

    Sustainability initiatives assuage the conscience of executives and honor the appeals of NGOs. It's no wonder that feel-good business improvements are plentiful in most large companies.

  • Tanzania Appeals for More Help to Combat Maternal Deaths

    Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete today said his government needs more help to combat one of the world’s highest rates of maternal deaths and meet a goal set by the United Nations.

  • Bloomberg Charity Offers $9 Million for Best New Governing Ideas

    New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is offering $9 million in prizes to U.S. cities through his charitable foundation in a competition for ideas that local governments can use to solve problems.

  • Australia’s Top Court Backs Plain-Pack Tobacco Laws

    Australia will become the first country to require cigarettes to be sold in uniform packages after its top court rejected a challenge from tobacco companies, setting a precedent for other nations to follow.

  • Changing the Conversation on Climate Change

    Politically, environmentalism has had a few good months in the U.S. Hurricane Sandy put the words “climate change” back in the national vocabulary. Republican attempts to attack Democrats for waging a “war on coal” failed to win many votes in states like Virginia and Ohio on Election Day. In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama made climate action a priority. A climate rally in Washington is being planned for later this month, and the president has committed to conducting a “national conversation” on the subject.

  • Want Better Roads? Kill the Gas Tax

    Any transportation official knows how to deal with a broken-down car blocking rush-hour traffic: Move it to the side of the road and let everyone else get where they’re going.

  • Mayor Bloomberg Donates $220 Million to Fight Smoking Abroad

    New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who fought for anti-smoking legislation in the city, said he would donate $220 million to help reduce tobacco use in China, India and elsewhere in the developing world.

  • Buying ‘Double Happiness’ Reveals China’s Tobacco Battle

    As Gao Jie browses a Beijing tobacco store for Lunar New Year gifts, she sees little to deter her except possibly the price.

  • China Leader’s Job at Odds With Tobacco Ties, Brookings Says

    The brother of Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, who oversees public health, should be removed from his post as a top official in China’s state-owned tobacco monopoly to avoid conflicts of interest, a report published by the Washington-based Brookings Institution said.

  • Yes, a President Bush Can Still Help Republicans

    The Republican Party seems to be in no mood for Bush nostalgia. Perhaps its leaders should reconsider.

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