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Indonesia: Environmentalists lament light sentence in Tripa peatland destruction case
2014-05-10 15:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Environmental groups blasted a "lenient" sentence imposed on the director of a palm oil company that illegally destroyed an area of endangered peat forest in Indonesia's Aceh Province, reports the Jakarta Globe. In a decision on Wednesday, a court in Meulaboh district sentenced Subianto Rusyid, the director of PT Kalista Alam, to ten months imprisonment and a 150 million rupiah ($13,000) fine for his company's illegal destruction of a block of forest within the the Tripa peat swamp, an area off-limits...
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Carbon nanotube clothing could protect against chemical weapons of mass destruction
2014-05-07 22:20:50| Extremetech
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is working on a way to embed carbon nanotubes in clothing that could neutralize nerve gas on contact.
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Breakthrough: JPMorgan Chase Dropping Mountain Destruction
2014-04-14 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: This could be the tipping point for the horrific practice of Mountaintop Removal coal mining. Just this week, JPMorgan Chase updated its environmental policy, revealing that it will be ending financial relationships with Mountaintop Removal coal mining companies. Wells Fargo and BNP Paribas/Bank of the West have recently taken similar steps. If the other major banks commit to stop financing mountaintop removal, fossil fuel companies will have no choice but to end the obliteration of mountains...
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Is USDA's recent announcement of a $20 million effort targeting destruction of feral hogs a wise use of funding?
2014-04-08 17:58:31| National Hog Farmer
USDA recently announced a $20 million program aimed at helping states better handle the rapidly growing feral hog population, blamed for more than $1.5 billion in damage annually. Yes, because feral swine leave damage in their wake spreading diseases, killing young livestock and ruining crop fields. No, more attention and aid should be put into finding ways to stop the spread of PEDV. Maybe, feral hogs have become a serious problem in 78% of the states, but $20 million is a large amount of money.
Reset or risk drinks 'destruction' in North America: Peltz warns Pepsi
2014-03-18 07:26:28| Beverages - Topix.net
PepsiCo must return to its roots as a 'lean, hard-hitting' $30bn+ revenue beverage business under standalone management as the current strategy risks destroying its North American arm, Nelson Peltz warns.
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