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Thailand plans steps worth $285 million to help drought-hit rice farmers
2016-02-26 08:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Thailand, the world's second-biggest rice exporter, on Friday announced measures worth around $285 million to help farmers in the country who have been hit hard by a severe drought and low prices for their crop. The Southeast Asian nation is facing what some experts say is its worst drought in decades. While this has crimped rice output, it has not buoyed prices given huge stocks of about 12 million tonnes that Thailand is trying to offload, the legacy of a subsidy scheme undertaken by the previous...
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Kearney residents organize plans for train-viewing platform
2016-02-26 00:06:35| Railroads - Topix.net
Kearney residents are organizing plans to create a safe spot for rail enthusiasts to watch trains from the south side of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.
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Bunnings plans to open five more stores in NZ
2016-02-25 06:09:30| Agriculture - Topix.net
Bunnings, the home-improvement retailer, is opening a further five stores in New Zealand as it benefits from an uplift in housing construction and renovation, particularly in Auckland. The retailer with stores in Australia and New Zealand is part of ASX-listed Wesfarmers whose other retail brands include Coles supermarkets and the Kmart and Target department store chains.
Time to de-couple Canada-US climate change plans
2016-02-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: It has been drummed into our heads for a decade: Canada must move in lock-step with the United States on climate change. It would be crazy economic policy to regulate oil and gas emissions ahead of the United States, former prime minister Stephen Harper told Parliament just over a year ago. Were clearly not going to do it. His government never did. Now Canada has a new prime minister who has promised to take a global leadership role in the development of a low-carbon economy. Next...
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Senate to examine BP's plans to drill for oil in Great Australian Bight
2016-02-22 05:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A Senate inquiry will investigate BPs plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight and examine how a spill could be dealt with. The companys application to drill four exploratory wells was knocked back last year by National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority, but details of why were not made public. BP quickly vowed to reapply. The Wilderness Society South Australia director, Peter Owen, said BP should wait until after the inquiry had reported in May...
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