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Effort to ship Bakken oil through Great Lakes hits wall
2013-09-25 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The Great Lakes have been spared the ignominy of becoming a conveyor for crude oil fracked at North Dakota`s Bakken fields. At least for now. Plans to build a crude shipping terminal at Duluth, Minn., on the western shore of Lake Superior, have been shelved because of a lack of refining capacity on the East Coast. From Wisconsin Public Radio: The oil terminal would have shipped crude from the ever-expanding Bakken oil fields in North Dakota, where production has tripled over the past five...
Big business funds effort to discredit climate science, warns UN official
2013-09-20 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Big companies are paying contrarians to undermine the work of climate scientists, according to a top UN official speaking before the release of a landmark review of climate science this weekby international researchers next Friday. Halldór Thorgeirsson, a director who reports to the head of the UN body that governs the on-going high level international climate negotiations, said that scientists would need to be prepared for a counter-blast from sceptics. "Vested interests are paying for the...
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Colorado rescue effort biggest in USA since Katrina in '05
2013-09-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: The massive search-and-rescue effort after the recent floods in Colorado has been one of the biggest in state history -- and the largest in the USA since Katrina -- as thousands of stranded people are plucked from swirling floodwaters by helicopters or rumbled out of washed-out neighborhoods by all-terrain military vehicles. TV and camera-phone images of people hoisted by helicopter from flooded homes have brought eerie comparisons with similar efforts to rescue stranded Gulf Coast residents during...
U.S. Chamber Foundation and The UPS Foundation Launch Effort To Build ...
2013-09-19 12:17:03| Trucking - Topix.net
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Business Civic Leadership Center and UPS today launched the "SaAYlam Kobi" pilot program in Turkey, an effort to help create disaster-resilient businesses, promote preparedness, and accelerate recovery after disasters.
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Microsoft kicks off iPad buyback deal in latest effort to juice Surface sales
2013-09-13 16:47:19| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft will pay at least $200 for used iPads made by rival Apple, and in return issue credit that customers can use to buy one of the company's Surface tablets.
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