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Protecting rainforests could sequester eqivalent of a third of global emissions annually
2014-06-13 23:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Eliminating deforestation, peatlands and forest degradation, and forest fires in the tropics could reduce global carbon emissions by two billion tons a year, or nearly a fifth, argues a new study published in Global Change Biology. The research, authored by John Grace and Edward Mitchard of the University of Edinburgh and Emanuel Gloor of the University of Leeds, analyzed various emissions sources and sinks across the tropics. They found that carbon emissions from activities that damage and destroy...
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DOD: A New Budget Sequester Would Hike, Then Cut Construction
2014-04-21 18:25:39| ENR.com: Headline News
Pentagon says unless Congress cancels a slated 2016 sequester, construction spending would fall $6 billion in 2016-2019 span, compared with current projections.
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Forget The Sequester -- Get 33% Upside Instead
2014-04-02 19:25:49| Furniture - Topix.net
With the worst of the U.S. government's budget "sequester" behind us, there will be some big winners as government spending rebounds.
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Government sequester will cause reduced payments in 2014 for farmers
2013-11-20 18:31:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Farm Service Agency Farmers who participate in Farm Service Agency programs can expect lower payments in 2014 due to government sequestration of some programs. Programs with reduced spending include: marketing assistance loans, loan deficiency payments, ACRE and SURE and counter-cyclical payments, among others. read more
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Sequester cuts worked to reduce spending and the deficit
2013-11-13 16:20:00| Chemicals - Topix.net
Full Segment: President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 Budget proposal is being unveiled.
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