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Platforms vs artificial islands which works best for who?
2013-08-08 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) is ramping up production at its oil field offshoreof Abu Dhabi, opting to use a network of artificial islands instead of a traditional steel rig. Rarely used in the oil and gas industry, artificial islands provide an
Vital $20K Eco Serendib Beach Restoration Project To Protect St. John Coast Expands; Program Combats Erosion & Reduces Carbon Footprint In The US Virgin Islands
2013-08-05 04:30:24| pollutiononline News Articles
Eco Serendib Villaand Spa, an eco-friendly, luxury retreat on St. John, has granted more than $15,000 in additional funding toFriends of the Virgin Islands National Park, a non-profit dedicated to the preservation and protection of the national park, for the continuation of the Eco Serendib Beach Restoration Project
After surviving nuclear tests, can the Marshall Islands survive the great climate experiment?
2013-07-30 06:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In March 1946, the United States dropped the first of 67 nuclear bombs on the Marshall Islands, a tiny nation of scattered atolls in the northern Pacific Ocean. The Republic of the Marshall Islands US Embassy website documents the testing program that ended in August 1958 - how some Marshallese were evacuated from their homes to allow the bombs to drop and how radioactive dust fell on half the nation. The slow but inevitable emergence of tumours, the sharp spikes in cancers, the displacement of...
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Marshall Islands Calls for Leadership from Australia on Climate Change
2013-07-30 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia needs to take more of a global leadership role on climate change action to help its Pacific island neighbours avoid being swamped by rising sea levels and triggering a surge in climate refugees, according to the vice-president of the Marshall Islands. Tony de Brum, the minister-in-assistance to the president of the Marshall Islands, said that major emitters need to "re-think their ambition levels" over climate change and urged Australia to focus on the benefits of emissions trading. De...
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Warnings issued for the Hawaiian Islands as Tropical Storm Flossie approaches
2013-07-28 17:13:44| Airlines - Topix.net
The Hawaiian Islands have been put on alert as a rare tropical storm approaches the state, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center reported early Sunday .
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