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ExxonMobil tries to sack IPPC chair
News leaked out last week that ExxonMobil has been pulling oily strings in the US government again, this time in a leaked memo to the White House asking Bush to call for the replacement of Dr Robert Watson, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Original story, from CorpWatch US - http://www.corpwatch.org/bulletins/PBD.jsp?articleid=2192
BBC report - including Exxon's response to critics - http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1913000/1913640.stm

Watchdog attacks Tesco price claim
It's official - Tescon isn't as cheap as it claims, according to the Advertising Standards Authority.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1920000/1920352.stm

New recycling law
The European Parliament has voted in favour of plans to make electrical goods manufacturers responsible for collection and recycling of their products, in a move to reduce landfill and raw materials use.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1920000/1920777.stm

Anti-sweatshops campaign launched in UK
The GMB trade union and No Sweat has teamed up with local people in the East End to campaign
to put an end to sweatshop conditions in local factories.
http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=27455&group=webcast