A terrible impact on the environment it is time for us to have a rethink and make the textile business more sustainable welcome to this special edition of africa i am sandra train of you here in kampala uganda a pile of africa weve me is a my colleague mia to ivor sandra and hello to our viewers out there. Were here in Lagos Nigeria saunders already said today we will show ideas on how to reduce or demand for textile products unlimited environmental damage of course 1st lets have a few facts and figures here you go check. The house gas emissions from textile production amount to more than 1200000000. 00 tons a year thats more than from all International Flights a maritime shipping combined. The clothing industry also uses lots of chemicals 3000 different ones can be used in the production of t. Shirts. A lot of pesticide and other chemical residues end up in waterways textile production accounts for 20 percent of industrial waste Water Pollution worldwide. Fast fashion means clothes ar
Night and you can imagine the talks will be at the world around them, a life lesson that came to their study trip. Glad lucas and his friends are okay. Did they hear gunfire . Were they that close . Unclear whether or not they heard it, but they were in the group, his group was outside, but another group was inside and the group inside is the one that may have heard the gunfire because they were in theaters and then the speakers came over the loud speaker saying there had been an incident with a gunmen, shelter in place and when you hear that, you think the worst, in this case everyone got out okay. Such a busy time and a lot of bay area schools that send trips there and they see it up close and sometimes reality has a way of creeping in the most secure locations in our country. You just never know when youre confronted by this, you or a loved one. So true, well glad theyre okay. The white house was also briefly locked down during this whole thing. Somebody tried to get inside that per
The mostwatched news at noon in central iowa. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at noon. Many people are going to struggle to identify with that life and death situation in that moment, in that second. Mollie the Des Moines Police chief defends his departments internal review that concludes an officer did not violate policy when an officer shot a man through the window of her squad car. Good afternoon. It was later discovered that man, 28yearold Ryan Bolinger of west des moines, was unarmed. Mark tauscheck spoke with the chief this morning. He joins us now with the details. Mark a grand jury has already decided not to indict officer Vanessa Miller in this case. Now the Des Moines Police departments internal shooting review has concluded that officer miller was justified in shooting bolinger. This is video of the incident back in june. It started when bolinger pulled up next to another officer on a traffic stop along merle hay road and blocked him in, couldnt even open his
If you love the music of Elton John then get ready for a great night of music with the #1 Elton John tribute band in the world as it comes to the beautiful and historic Perot Theatre in downtown Texarkana on Memorial Day evening Monday, May 27.
Memorial Day Weekend baby! The unofficial start of summer and a day we remember the fallen military men and women who sacrificed themselves to give us the freedoms we enjoy. Even with the live music, hotdogs and burgers, let's remember who got us here. and now, let's check out who's playing this weekend around town in Texarkana's Live Music Scene for the weekend of May 23 - 25.