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Petro Countries on the Brink of Collapse as Oil Prices Remain at Ruinously Low Levels
2016-05-27 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alternet: Pity the poor petro-states. Once so wealthy from oil sales that they could finance wars, mega-projects, and domestic social peace simultaneously, some of them are now beset by internal strife or are on the brink of collapse as oil prices remain at ruinously low levels. Unlike other countries, which largely finance their governments through taxation, petro-states rely on their oil and natural gas revenues. Russia, for example, obtains about 50% of government income that way; Nigeria, 60%; and Saudi...
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Brands back from the brink
2016-05-13 23:08:39| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The shops that have come back from the brink
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United Kingdom: Can Scotland's feisty wildcats be brought back from the brink?
2016-04-06 18:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: The population has declined steadily through hundreds of years of persecution by gamekeepers, loss of habitat, and also through hybridization with feral domestic cats. It is estimated that anywhere from 35 to 400 pure wildcats are left in the wild, and they are considered one of Great Britain's most endangered mammals. But because they are solitary, elusive, and there are a high number of cats that are actually hybrids, estimating exactly how many pure wildcats are left has proven to be a difficult...
Southern right whale recovery in doubt after on brink of extinction
2016-03-16 05:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A population of southern right whales that was hunted to the brink of extinction by the start of the 20th century has only recovered to 12% of its original population size and will take at least six decades to recover fully, new research suggests. By that time, the population is likely to be be impacted by climate change. In the 19th century, armed with just hand-held harpoons and sailing ships, hunters killed almost every New Zealand southern right whale, leaving just 15 to 20 mature females...
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New York Grocer Fairway on the Brink of Default as Losses Mount
2016-02-20 11:44:18| Grocery - Topix.net
Workers unload new items to be stocked in front of a Fairway Group Holdings Corp. market in New York, on April 17, 2013. Fairway Group Holdings Corp., the New York gourmet grocery chain that once had ambitions of a nationwide expansion, is approaching default after years of red ink.
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