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Greenpeace Africa Uncover Illegal Logging
2016-05-29 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A trail of stolen timber in Cameroon has been exposed by Greenpeace Africa. Greenpeace Africa led an investigation into illegal logging in the country and found a trial leading to main log exporter Compagnie et de Transport (CCT). There will now reportedly be a government audit into the actions of CCT, including its suppliers. That audit should include the supplier La Socamba, subject of a Greenpeace briefing released today. The evidence presented in the briefing, La Socamba: How Cameroons Stolen...
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Scientists uncover history of ancient viruses as far back as 30 million years ago
2016-03-08 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Researchers from Boston College, US, have revealed the global spread of an ancient group of retroviruses that affected about 28 of 50 modern mammals' ancestors some 15 to 30 million years ago. Retroviruses are abundant in nature and include human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-1 and -2) and human T-cell leukemia viruses. The scientists' findings on a specific group of these viruses called ERV-Fc, to be published in the journal eLife, show that they affected a w…
How a Car Shopper Used a CARFAX Report to Uncover Odometer Fraud
2016-02-23 22:09:40| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Odometer fraud continues to be a crisis in the U.S., and car owners and dealers can take a real hit on their vehicles values. KPRC-TV in Houston has done an investigative report on an independent dealer misreporting the actual mileage on used cars for sale on its lot. CARFAX Vehicle History Reports shed light on […] The Article How a Car Shopper Used a CARFAX Report to Uncover Odometer Fraud appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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VIDEO: 'We will uncover and disclose the truth'
2015-10-29 00:14:59| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Volkswagen's new Chief Executive Herbert Diess apologises at the Tokyo Motor Show for the carmaker's emissions scandal, and promised his company would win back customer trust.
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US researchers uncover secret of Greenland's vanishing lakes
2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Scientists were baffled last year after meltwater lakes atop Greenland's ice sheet suddenly drained out at rates rivaling Niagara Falls. Now a team of U.S. researchers says it has figured out the bizarre phenomenon and that could help them forecast global sea-level rise. Vertical shafts in the ice sheet, called moulins, can funnel melt water beneath parts of the glacier and lift them up. This causes cracks beneath the so-called supragalcial lakes that can empty them in days, according to scientists...
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