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On the waterfront: Businesses, city often at odds
2013-04-26 20:06:45| PortlandOnline
Robert Goldfield in the Portland Business Journal, April 26, 2013
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Against the odds, young Egyptians push for climate action
2013-04-26 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: In this fast-growing city of 6.7 million people, roads littered with garbage are a common sight. Cairo's poor drainage systems produce contaminated pools of stagnant water, and the main thoroughfares are jammed with cars emitting thick, black clouds of diesel exhaust. The Egyptian capital even has a slum nicknamed Manshiyat Naser (Garbage City), located at its highest point, in the suburb of Moqattam. Here, impoverished residents build their homes atop waste, and recycle rubbish to earn a living....
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DEQ, Cameco at odds over uranium well violation
2013-04-23 01:25:02| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and a uranium company disagree whether problems occurred at a well at an in-situ mine north of Glenrock.
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Justices at odds over patents for human genes
2013-04-15 20:13:06| Biotech - Topix.net
It is a case at the intersection of science and finance, an evolving 21st century dispute that comes down to a simple question: Should the government allow patents for human genes? The Supreme Court offered little other than confusion during oral arguments on Monday on nine patents held by a Utah biotech firm.
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Canada: Tory ministers appear at odds on climate change
2013-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: Just as one federal cabinet minister is urging a more sophisticated tone to the climate-change debate, a second cabinet minister has found himself trying to prove he is not a climate-change denier. Environment Minister Peter Kent this week said the federal government would never opt for a carbon pricing scheme itself, but would be open minded about pricing arrangements set up by the provinces. We need to add a bit of subtle differentiation when we talk about carbon pricing, Kent said in an...
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