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Icy storm paralyzes central US, pummels nation's capital
2015-02-17 04:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Record-breaking cold gripped the eastern United States while an icy winter storm crippled the nation's central states and then plowed into the mid-Atlantic, dumping snow and forcing federal offices in Washington, D.C. to close on Tuesday. Heavy snowfall and ice moving eastward from the Southern Plains pounded Missouri, Arkansas, southern Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, the National Weather Service said. With the storm headed east and sleet and freezing rain expected to also...
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Procter & Gamble And Constellation Announce One Of Nation's Largest Biomass Renewable Energy Plants
2015-02-13 03:08:12| pollutiononline Home Page
The Procter & Gamble Company and Constellation,a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, recently announced the development of an up to 50-megawatt biomass plant that will help run one of P&G’s largest U.S. facilities
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Three Nations Meeting in Navantia
2015-02-03 12:04:00| Naval Technology
Navantia hosted a meeting with the Spanish Navy, the Australian Navy, the Norwegian Navy and the Norwegian Defence Logistic OrganizatioN (NDLO) in Ferrol Shipyard last week.
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North Sea nations key to Europes low-carbon transition, says report
2015-01-29 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: North Sea nations, including the UK, have the skills and storage capacity to deliver a carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry that is capable of transforming Europes industry and power sectors, according to a report from Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage (SCCS). The report argues that CCS technology can provide a cost effective transition to a low-carbon future and a reliable electricity supply whilst securing economic resilience. The report calls for policy within the EU to help the sector...
Intervention in civil war far more likely in oil-rich nations
2015-01-28 01:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Conspiracy theorists have long insisted that modern wars revolve around oil. Now research suggests hydrocarbons play an even bigger role in conflicts than they had suspected. According to academics from the Universities of Portsmouth, Warwick and Essex, foreign intervention in a civil war is 100 times more likely when the afflicted country has high oil reserves than if it has none. The research is the first to confirm the role of oil as a dominant motivating factor in conflict, suggesting hydrocarbons...
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