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Australia: 'Death By a Thousand Cuts': Coal Boom Could Destroy Great Barrier Reef
2013-05-25 06:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Spiegel: Australia's Great Barrier Reef is rapidly losing its coral, to the point that UNESCO may soon place the natural wonder on its "in danger" list. Climate change is one culprit, but so is the country's booming extraction industry. Environmentalists warn that time is running out for the reef. The man whose job it should be to protect the Great Barrier Reef is actually afraid of water. The vast ocean, with all the creatures it contains, makes him uneasy. Only once has he visited the reef, the world's...
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Brazil adds another 523 thousand DTH subscribers in 1Q 2013
2013-04-30 23:00:26| Digital TV News
According to Brazil's telecoms regulator, Anatel, the countrys pay TV subscriber base ended March 2013 at 16.8 million, with more than 3.1 million new subscribers being added over the preceding 12 months an annual growth rate of 22.9%.
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Vermont Facility to Add Another Ten Thousand Square Feet
2013-04-01 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
EAST DORSET, VT – Pad Print Machinery of Vermont is experiencing a second growth spurt since having relocated to their East Dorset facility ten years ago. PPMOVT will start breaking ground soon on an additional 10,000 sq ft of production space to keep pace with their growing manufacturing demands. After the completion of the addition, the facility will now exceed 32,500 sq ft.<br /> <br /> “One of our major areas of expertise is customized automated printing systems which require ...
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Exxon Mobil pipeline leaks a few thousand barrels of crude oil in Arkansas
2013-03-31 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Exxon Mobil said that one of its pipelines leaked a few thousand barrels of Canadian heavy crude oil near Mayflower, Ark., prompting the evacuation of 22 homes and reinforcing concerns many critics have raised about the Keystone XL pipeline that is awaiting State Department approval. The pipeline breach took place late Friday, Exxon said, in the 20-inch diameter, 95,000-barrel-a-day Pegasus pipeline, which originates in Patoka, Ill., and carries crude oil to the Texas Gulf Coast, the countrys...
Thousand Palms: Harley rider killed in intersection wreck
2013-03-17 23:27:17| Automakers - Topix.net
A Harley rider wearing a non-approved helmet died after he collided with a pickup truck in an intersection in Thousand Palms, say California Highway Patrol investigators.
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