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Planet, Oceans Burning Up: There is no "Pause" in Global Warming
2014-02-13 11:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Informed Comment: Climate change has not hit a "speed bump." The planet's temperature is not remaining steady and it certainly isn't cooling. Earth, especially its ocean, are heating up... and rapidly. Those are the findings and the consensus of the global scientific community. And a new study shows that the detectable slowdown of global surface temperature increases over the last fifteen years--a trend that climate change denialists have seized on to foment doubt among the general public--is, in fact, the result...
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Hennepin County Switches Gears from Requesting Trash Burning to Encouraging Composting
2014-02-05 17:10:00| Waste Age
Minneapolis Hennepin County has dropped a five-year-old request to burn more waste at the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center. Instead, the county wants to encourage organics collection and composting. read more
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County's open burning ordinance discussed
2014-01-29 22:48:36| Waste Management - Topix.net
Town and state Department of Environmental Quality officials recently met with Lake County's Board of Commissioners to discuss a potential expansion of the County's ordinance governing open burning practices.Town of Lakeview Mgr.
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Indonesia: Palm Oil Company Fined Millions for Burning Sumatran Forest
2014-01-13 01:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: An Indonesian court has found the palm oil company PT Kallista Alam guilty of illegally burning large swathes of the Tripa peat forest, which lies within Sumatra`s Leuser Ecosystem, the only place on Earth where tigers, elephants, rhinos, and orangutans can be found living together in the wild. The court ordered the company to pay 114.3 billion rupiah (US$9.4 million) in compensation and 251.7 billion rupiah (US$20.8 million) to restore the affected areas of forest. The case was brought against...
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New Year's Eve is a Spare the Air Day: No Burning, But Fireworks Displays Will be Unaffected
2013-12-31 06:56:12| IT Services - Topix.net
By Bay City News Service New Year's Eve will be another Winter Spare the Air day, so those planning to pop open a bottle of Champagne next to a roaring fire may have to settle for a few candles instead.
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