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Report Says World to Keep Getting Warmer Hudson says
earth are we going to do about it,” on the basis o f the evidence pre­
said Achim Steiner, the executive sented here will one day in the
director of the U.N. Environment history books be considered irre­
Program.
sponsible.”
"The public should not sit back
The scientists wrapped up the
w hether clim ate change is linked and say ‘T h ere's nothing we can various chapters of the report Fri­
to human activity, whether the d o ',” Steiner said. "A nyone who day, and then released a 2 1-page
sum m ary
for
science is sufficient, to what on would continue to risk inaction e x e c u tiv e
policymakers. The full report will be
published in May.
The report represents the most
authoritative science on global
warm ing as the panel com prises
hundreds of scientists and repre­
sentatives, It only addresses how
and why the planet is warming,
not what to do about it. Another
report by the panel later this year
will address the most effective
m easures for slow ing global
warming.
O ne o f the authors, Kevin
Trenberth, said scientists are wor­
ried that world leaders will take the
message in the wrong way and throw
up their hands. Instead, world lead­
ers should to reduce emissions and
Car exhaust is a significant contributor to greenhouse gases and adapttoawarmerworld with wilder
weather, he said.
global warming.
Climate changes 'very likely'
caused by human actions
(AP)--Scientists from 113 coun­
tries issued a landmark report Fri­
day saying they have little doubt
that recent global warming has been
caused by man, and predicting that
hotter temperatures and rises in sea
level will “continue for centuries"
no matter how much humans con­
trol their carbon emissions.
A top U.S. government scien­
tist, Susan Solomon, said "there
can be no question that the in­
crease in greenhouse gases are
dominated by human activities."
E nvironm ental cam paigners
urged the United States and other
industrial nations to significantly
cut their emissions of greenhouse
gases in response to the long-
awaited report by Intergovernmen­
tal Panel on Climate Change.
“It is critical that we look at this
r e p o r t... as a moment where the
focus o f attention will shift from
Sweat Shop Purchasing Ban Urged
To fight unjust
labor practices
A local co alitio n is sending a
m essage to C ity C ouncil - d e ­
pen d en ce on g o o d s and se r­
vices secu red by u n ju st lab o r
practices w o n ’t fly in P ortland.
N o S w eat P ortland, a group
o f m ore than 20 d ifferen t labor,
co m m u n ity , faith and student
o rg an izatio n s, sup p o rts an o r­
d in a n c e th a t w o u ld m an d ate
strong lab o r stan d ard s for city
c o n tr a c to r s , s u b c o n tr a c to r s
and vendors.
T he p roposed law co u ld re ­
quire vend o rs to sign affid av its
certify in g that all item s sold to
the city w ere produced und er
hum ane w orking co n d itio n s.
“ Portland is purchasing item s
from c o m p an ies w ith a history
o f doin g business w ith sw eat­
sh o p s,” said No S w eat re p re ­
se n ta tiv e D eborah S chw artz.
“T he only w ay to ensure that
the city is n 't su p porting inhu­
m ane, illegal w orking c o n d i­
tions is to req uire city vendors
to m eet a basic code o f c o n ­
d uct and for the city to jo in a
n atio n al c o n so rtiu m that can
m on ito r those com m itm en ts.”
S chw artz and the P ortland
Sw eatfree C am paign have re ­
leased an an alysis o f city p ro ­
cu rem en t p ra c tic e s, d eta ilin g
th e c ity ’s in v o lv e m e n t w ith
c o m p a n ie s k n o w n to h a v e
p artn ered w ith su bcontractors
accu sed o f lab o r and hum an
rig h ts abuses.
Some o f these include sports
apparel m aker Russell, which op­
erates H erm osa M anufacturing
in El S alv ad o r, a sw eatshop
m anufacturer accused of owing
its em ployees over a million dol­
lars in back wages and blacklist­
ing em ployees so that they can­
not get jobs at other factories.
L o c a l o u tf it C o lu m b ia
S portsw ear has sourced from
an apparel facility in El S alv a­
dor know n as E vergreen, w hich
unlaw fully term inated ap p ro x i­
m ately 300 w orkers in retalia­
tion fo r w o rk e rs ' e ffo rts to
e x e r c is e th e ir a s s o c ia tio n a l
rights and failed to pay their
w orkers the full back w ages,
severance, and benefits.
C intas L aundry and U niform
S ervices, a reg istered bidder
for the city, has encountered
problem s w ith com pliance o f
w age and hour, environm ental,
an ti-discrim ination, health and
safety, co n su m er fraud and la­
bor law s.
‘Idol’ was Abusive
Hudson also told the magazine
that "Idol" contestants "become
a character," saying ", became the
character in the turkey wrapping,"
referring to an unflattering outfit
she once wore on the show. But
she went on to say "I don't believe
in looking back, and I didn't look
back."
She goes on to deny rumors of
trouble on the set o f " Dreamgirls,"
the Broadway musical turned big-
Jennifer Hudson
screen movie that earned her the
Academy Award nominee Jen­ Oscar nomination. O f the friend­
nifer Hudson doesn't exactly have ship between herself and co-stars
pleasant memories of her days as Beyonce Knowles and AnikaNoni
a contestant on the hit FOX reality Rose, Hudson told the magazine
show "American Idol."
"We were meant to be together."
Hudson tells Essence maga­
Hudson, 25, reportedly beat out
zine "On American Idol, you go more than 300 other singer/ac-
through this mental thing; you've tresses, including "American Idol"
got to get yourself back together. winner Fantasia Barrino, for her
You've been abused, misled and "Dreamgirls" role of Effie White,
brainwashed to believe whatever the character reportedly based on
they want you to think."
real-life singer Florence Ballard.
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CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
KAMOINGE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
FEBRUARY I - 28, 2007
NORDSTROM LLOYD CENTER, FLOOR ONE
The word kamoinqe' comes from the Klkuyu/Swahill
language of East Africa; its literal translation
is 'a group of people acting together.' It seemed like
an apt name for a group of black photographers
in Harlem who, in May 1963, banded together to share
ideas and experiences, and to alleviate their sense
of artistic isolation. Today, though Kamoinge has no
formal meeting schedule or rigid requirements,
when there is aqain a reason to act together,
they respond.
Throughout February, in celebration of Black History Month,
we invite you to enjoy the images of the Kamoinge
photographers at selected Nordstrom stores, and on
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will showcase a series of remarkable photographs
that captures the magic of music, and the role it plays
in the everyday lives of us all.
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