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Forest Park | 6-26-13 | Vacant Lot South of, and Adjacent to 360 NW Royal Blvd | Adjustment Review Final Findings and Conclusions | LU 12-149752 AD
2013-06-27 01:36:33| PortlandOnline
Electric Co-ops Sponsor Relief Fund for Co-op Members in Black Forest Fire
2013-06-26 20:52:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Individuals and organizations interested in helping the more than 500 co-op members (homes and businesses) of the Mountain View Electric Association (MVEA) affected by the Black Forest Fire northeast of Colorado Springs, Colorado, may donate to the Colorado Rural Electric Association/Black Forest Fire Fund. read more
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Indonesia: Wind, not big increase in forest fires, driving haze in Singapore
2013-06-26 17:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Wind patterns, rather than a sharp increase in fires, is to blame for the record setting air pollution affecting Singapore and Malaysia, finds new analysis by the World Resources Institute (WRI). WRI looked at hotspot data from NASA over the past 12 years and found that while there have been an unusually high number of fire alerts this year and bigger factor in causing the headline haze over Singapore has been wind patterns that push smoke directly over the island city-state. "While historic...
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Greenpeace launches series of case studies on forest certification standard
2013-06-26 14:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Activist group Greenpeace says it will publish a series of case studies highlighting examples of good and bad practice among operations certified under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), an eco-standard for forest products. Greenpeace, an FSC member since the body was found in 1993, says that as the standard has expanded, the risk to its credibility has also increased. "Greenpeace fears that as the system has grown, the FSC's implementation and interpretation of its standards have been watered...
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Malaysian-owned companies source of forest fires
2013-06-24 14:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Free Malaysia: Preliminary investigations have singled out eight plantation companies owned by Malaysian investors as the source of forest fires in Riau that have caused Southeast Asias worst ever air pollution crisis. The Jakarta Post reports the fires have started a diplomatic war of words between Indonesia, as the source of the problem, and Singapore and Malaysia, as the countries receiving the brunt of the smog. Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya suggested on Saturday that the eight palm-oil companies...
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