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Fontaine says First Nations talks on Energy East on the right path
2014-11-07 01:12:26| Energy - Topix.net
Engaging with aboriginal groups along the route of the proposed Energy East pipeline hasn't been without its challenges, but the former chief of the Assembly of First Nations believes TransCanada Corp. is on the right track. Phil Fontaine has been working with TransCanada on the community outreach aspect of Energy East, a $12-billion proposed pipeline that would ship Alberta crude to refineries and export terminals in Quebec and New Brunswick.
United Nations panel adopts landmark climate report
2014-11-01 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The United Nations` expert panel on climate science on Saturday finished a report on global warming that the UN`s environment agency said offers "conclusive evidence" that humans are altering the Earth`s climate system. The document, which combines the findings of three earlier reports, was adopted after all-night talks that went on until 5 am Saturday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The scientists and government representatives on the panel, who jointly approved the document...
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Doubts chip away at nation's most trusted agenciesvisit|article-5863162|o-river_simple_list-39675|3
2014-11-01 15:53:13| Biotech - Topix.net
In this Aug. 5, 2014 file photo, Steve Monroe, deputy director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, looks over a map showing global health issues under the agency's surveillance from their Emergency Operations Center in Atlanta. In the space of just a few months, the reputations and approval ratings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Secret Service, as well as the Veterans Administration, have been seen a decline.
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As China's real estate market cools, the nation's new property moguls look to Australia
2014-11-01 01:24:31| Real Estate - Topix.net
Chinese home prices fell for a fifth straight month in September: a night view of residential buildings in Hefei, Anhui province. Photo: Reuters Beijing: To set foot in a real estate expo in China is to run a frantic gauntlet of sales staff thrusting glossy pamphlets into every open hand they can find.
Climate change a 'threat multiplier' for farming-dependent nations: Report
2014-10-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Climate change and food insecurity are "threat multipliers", and 32 countries dependent on farming face an "extreme risk" of conflict or civil unrest in the next 30 years, a global analytics firm said on Wednesday. Food shortages and rising prices have the potential to worsen political, ethnic, class and religious tensions, the risk advisory firm Maplecroft reported in its annual "Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas (CCERA)". Analysts noted that several nations' military leaders are ahead...
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