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Tribes rejects payment from electricity company behind destructive Amazon dam
2013-03-14 06:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Leaders of more than two dozen Kayapó indigenous communities have rejected a $9 million offer from Brazilian state energy company Eletrobras to fund development projects in their region due to the the firm's involvement in the construction of the Belo Monte dam, reports Amazon Watch, an activist group fighting the hydroelectric project. Eletrobras had offered the money over a four year period, during which it is planning to proceed with the dam, which will redirect the flow of 80 percent of the...
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3SAE Technologies Optical Fiber Tester Performs Destructive Testing Up To 50 N
2013-01-30 07:19:44| fiberopticsonline News Articles
3SAE Technologies’ new Linear Tensile Tester is an automated proof tester designed for optical fibers with cladding diameters ranging from 80 to 400 μm. In addition, the unit’s fiber clamps accommodate coatings up to 1000 μm in diameter
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Australia: Victoria's south east faces destructive fires
2013-01-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Bushfires in Victoria have destroyed a number of homes as the Country Fire Authority fights a 25,000-hectare blaze around Gippsland in the state's south-east. Transcript TRACY BOWDEN, PRESENTER: Tonight the heat is on for fire fighters across huge sections of the country, with bushfires burning in Victoria and New South Wales. Scorching temperatures and strong winds sparked emergency after emergency, as fires broke containment lines, consuming tens of thousands of hectares of bushland. ...
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Why Canadian Tar Sands are the Most Environmentally Destructive Project on Earth
2013-01-17 16:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: [Editor's note: Today, scientists and advocates speaking at the National Press Club in Washington unveiled new research showing that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would damage the climate much more than previously thought, by dramatically expanding tar sands production and because it will lead to increased combustion of a particularly dirty form of oil. Two reports were presented today, including Petroleum Coke: The Coal Hiding in the Tar Sands revealing that current analyses of the impacts...
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