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Before MTA Committee meets, Staff Summary positive toward Forest...
2014-06-22 13:16:43| Railroads - Topix.net
It looks routine. Tomorrow, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Long Island Rail Road Committee will discuss Forest City Ratner's proposal to move ahead on building of the platform needed for vertical development over the Vanderbilt Yard, while asking for 15 months' delay in the required completion of a permanent railyard.
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Forest Park | 6-17-14 | 2057 NW Ramsey Dr | Adjustment Review | LU 13-210607 AD
2014-06-17 18:56:47| PortlandOnline
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Australians rally over future of Tasmania forest
2014-06-14 02:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Thousands of Australians rallied Saturday against the proposed logging of protected forests in rugged Tasmania ahead of a UNESCO World Heritage meeting where the issue will be discussed. The conservative government has asked UNESCO to revoke its World Heritage listing for 74,000 hectares (183,000 acres) of forest, claiming it was not pristine, and open it up to the timber industry. The annual World Heritage Committee meeting starts Sunday in Doha, with up to 5,000 people protesting the move...
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APRIL Makes A Mockery Of Its Own Sustainable Forest Policy
2014-06-13 00:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: Almost six months after the release of its Sustainable Forest Management Policy, Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd (APRIL)--the second-largest Indonesian pulp & paper company--continues business-as-usual rainforest destruction, betraying the spirit and substance of its policy. The Sydney Morning Herald reported in May that APRIL-owned PT RAPP cleared massive swaths of carbon-rich peatlands on Pulau Padang, an island off the Sumatran coast that APRIL promised to help restore. Members of...
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Indonesia: Despite green pledge Wilmar continues destroy forest for palm oil
2014-06-12 22:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Two palm oil companies partially owned by Wilmar are continuing to destroy rainforests in Indonesia despite a high profile zero deforestation pledge, alleges a new report published by Greenomics. The report, titled As a strategic shareholder, is this in line with Wilmars No Deforestation Policy?, looks at recent activities by PT Sawindo Cemerlang and PT Sawit Tiara Nusa, companies owned by the Kencana Agri Group Ltd. Wilmar holds a 20 percent stake in Kencana Agri, according to financial filings....
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