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Impacts of deforestation on Amazonian river ecosystems could be far-reaching
2014-12-18 21:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Vast areas of the Amazon forest are being destroyed for agricultural uses, mainly industrial-scale soybean crops, and turned into pasture land for livestock. The riparian forests surrounding streams have not been exempt from this trend. And though headwater streams in the Brazilian Amazon are valuable aquatic ecosystems, little research has been done to determine how deforestation is impacting the streams environmental integrity and ability to function as natural habitats. That is, until now....
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Antwerp Frieight Tunnel Has Twin Bore Beneath the River Scheldt
2014-12-16 21:06:26| ENR.com: Headline News
Although Belgium has more than 1,000 kilometers of railroad tracks, Europes second largest port in Antwerp moves only 8% of its throughput by rail. To help increase train use, the countrys railroad infrastructure manager Infrabel N.V. has just completed the nations longest freight tunnel linking the ports two halves on either side of the River Scheldt.
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EPA Issues Albuquerque-Area Permit To Protect Rio Grande River
2014-12-15 01:11:05| pollutiononline Home Page
Recently the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Middle Rio Grande Watershed Based Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit that establishes requirements to reduce pollution carried by storm water run-off and restore portions of the Middle Rio Grande River that are too polluted.
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Salt River Project, Baselayer Join to Build Outdoor Modular Data Center
2014-12-11 20:24:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Baselayer, the data center technology company born of IO, has announced a contract to deploy modular data centers for Salt River Project read more
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Historic Sandy River bridge could get new home, or head to scrap heap
2014-12-10 23:28:14| PortlandOnline
Andrew Theen in The Oregonian, December 10, 2014
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