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Sherwin-Williams Opens New Powder Plant in Poland

2016-05-26 14:07:01| Coatings World Breaking News

Poland adopts limits on where wind farms can be built

2016-05-23 12:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Poland has adopted a new law banning construction of wind farms close to dwellings and hiking project costs in a move which the industry says could hobble Poland's move to renewables and away from coal. Wind farms must be built at a distance from housing of at least 10 times the height of the turbine, or about 1.5 to 2 km, under the law which was adopted by the lower house of parliament on Friday. The new regulations will also result in higher property taxes for wind farm owners, which the...

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Fate of primeval forest in balance as Poland plans logging

2016-05-21 07:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: It is the last remaining relic of an ancient forest that stretched for millennia across the lowlands of Europe and Russia, a shadowy, mossy woodland where bison and lynx roam beneath towering oak trees up to 600 years old. Conservationists believe the fate of the Bialowieza Forest, which straddles Poland and Belarus, is more threatened that at any time since the communist era due to a new Polish government plan for extensive logging in parts of the forest. The plan has pitted the government against...

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