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Actavis in Talks to Buy Forest Labs for as Much as $25 Billion
2014-02-18 07:26:19| Biotech - Topix.net
Actavis PLC is in advanced talks to acquire rival drug maker Forest Laboratories Inc., in a deal that could value Forest at up to $25 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Madagascar Sells First Forest Carbon Credits to Microsoft
2014-02-16 11:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newswise: The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that the Government of Madagascar has approved carbon sales with Microsoft and its carbon offset partner, The CarbonNeutral Company, and Zoo Zurich. The carbon credit sales will support the Government of Madagascars REDD+ Project (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation "plus" conservation) in the Makira Natural Park and mark the first sale of government-owned REDD+ credits in Africa. Through carbon credit sales from avoided...
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Carbon sequestration: Managing forest in uncertain times
2014-02-15 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: The best way to manage forests to store carbon and to mitigate climate change is hotly debated. Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and wood can be a substitute for fossil fuels and carbon-intensive materials such as concrete and steel. In the past few decades, the world's forests have absorbed as much as 30% (2 petagrams of carbon per year; Pg C year-1) of annual global anthropogenic CO2 emissions1 -- about the same amount as the oceans. Two-thirds of forests are managed. Much has...
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Forest View given grant by Thirsty's Party Store
2014-02-10 14:40:11| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
For several years, Forest View Elementary has received the grant from Thirsty's Elmrest Party Store and recently the school learned it would again.
EIP Report: Anadarko Safety Record Unsuitable For Major Natural Gas Development In Pennsylvania's Loyalsock State Forest
2014-02-10 04:46:46| pollutiononline News Articles
A plan by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for major drilling and development of natural gas inPennsylvania'sunspoiled Loyalsock State Forest should raise major caution flags given the company's long list of pollution and compliance problems over the last five years, according to a new report by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) discussed today in a telephone press event hosted by PennFuture
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