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Philippines Observes Earth Hour with 170 Countries

Proving that no individual action on climate change is too small and that no collective vision is too big, WWF’s Earth Hour kicked-off at 8:30PM last night with celebrations in over 7000 hubs across 170 countries. The Quezon City Memorial Circle hosted the Philippines’ main event. Clad in glow-in-the-dark costumes, thousands danced and celebrated climate change solutions in one of the country’s largest Zumba® gatherings. The ninth edition of Earth Hour crossed 24 time zones […]

Torn-up sick notes show crash pilot should have been grounded

The German pilots’ association Cockpit welcomed the announcement by Lufthansa on Friday (March 27) which said it will introduce new rules requiring two crew members to be in the cockpit at all times after one of the pilots at its Germanwings unit crashed a plane in the FrenchAlps, a reversal after it initially said no need to do so. “No, it is not a rush job,” said ‘Cockpit’ spokesman Markus Wahl. “We would welcome a […]