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Oil Company Looks To Great Lakes As Shipping Demand Booms

2013-12-27 22:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: North Dakota and western Canada are producing crude oil faster than it can be shipped to refineries. Rail car manufacturers can't make new tank cars fast enough, and new pipeline proposals face long delays over environmental concerns. So energy companies are looking for new ways to get the heavy crude to market. One proposed solution is to ship the oil by barge over the Great Lakes but it's a controversial one. Crews are working around the clock in North Dakota, where there's a lot of oil under...

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5 Booms to Shake the Beverage Room in 2014

2013-12-24 01:38:53| Beverages - Topix.net

Here are five global beverage trends that could shake up everything from soda to smoothies in 2014, as tea goes glam and consumers grow more cynical and health conscious.

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Hard Times Followed Booms for Europe's Ancient Farmers

2013-10-01 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: Feast or famine was the rule for Europe's first farmers, archaeologists report. A population bust followed boom times in early agriculture from France to Ireland, a catalog of radiocarbon dates reveals. Farming first moved into Europe from Greece around 8,500 years ago, spreading to Ireland and northern Europe over the next several thousand years. The switch from hunting and gathering to farming was a giant step forward for humanity, but the results from early Europe point to tough times for early...

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Bank 'must limit house price booms'

2013-09-13 01:02:25| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The Bank of England should use its powers to limit house price increases to 5% a year to "take the froth out" of price booms, a surveyors' group says.

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