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U.S. Forest Service set to decide on fracking in George Washington National Forest
2013-09-07 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: George Washington National Forest is more than just one of the largest expanses of pristine land in the East. It's the leafy cradle of the Shenandoah, James and Potomac rivers, a source of drinking water for millions of people in greater Washington. The forest -- nearly 2 million acres of natural splendor straddling Virginia and West Virginia -- might also hold another treasure: natural gas trapped under a deep layer of rock called the Marcellus Shale. By the end of the month, the U.S. Forest...
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Deposed president Mohamed Nasheed set for comeback in Maldives election
2013-09-07 03:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Long queues formed outside polling booths before voting started under bright sunshine across the Indian Ocean archipelago, with the incumbent President Mohamed Waheed among the first to cast his ballot. Mr Waheed came to power in February 2012 when the first democratically elected president, Mohamed Nasheed, was forced from office following a mutiny by the security forces that he branded a "coup". Mr Nasheed, a British-educated scuba-diving fanatic who once held a cabinet meeting under water,...
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Scientists set to demolish Sellafield chimney on site of Britains worst nuclear accident
2013-09-06 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Demolition has begun on the site of Britains worst nuclear accident, as scientists are brought in to dismantle the infamous Sellafield chimney. The 110-metre structure on the old Windscale plutonium-producing plant at Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site in Cumbria will finally be cleaned up more than half a century since a fire broke out in its graphite core, in late 1957. It is being dismantled after site managers said the radioactivity had now decayed to safe enough levels to work in. Steve...
UN framework for action on disasters 'set to fail'
2013-09-06 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Earthquake risk in developing countries is predicted to rise significantly and so more effective mitigation strategies that combine scientific evidence with economic incentives are needed, according to a paper published today in Science. The rising risk is outpacing risk reduction efforts and the UN is unlikely to meet its goal of substantially reducing losses from earthquakes by 2015, as set out in the Hyogo Framework for Action, the paper says. "The task of reducing earthquake risk must be viewed...
Hot August Sales Set Records, Drive Pricing
2013-09-06 09:00:16| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
U.S. new car sales reached a six-year high in August, and analysts project a 16.1 SAAR for the month, but red-hot success is driving new car pricing up as well. Get the compiled details on August sales, analysts' take and the implications. [More]The Article Hot August Sales Set Records, Drive Pricing appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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