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Australia Blasted by Record Heat Again
2014-10-27 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Strange early-season temperatures again dogged sweaty Australians over the weekend, with Saturday's continent-wide average maximum topping 97°F -- a record for October. Spring heat waves that have been baking the continent in recent weeks are "consistent' with the modeled effects of global warming in Australia, said Tom Knutson, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate modeler. But global warming alone couldn't explain the unseasonably hot weather. It's likely that climate...
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Trendy clothes shop Urban Outfitters blasted by shoppers over...
2014-10-19 15:11:43| Apparel - Topix.net
Edgy fashion outlet Urban Outfitters has been blasted by shoppers after putting up a sign with a swear word in its front window. Passersby claim to be "up in arms" about the foul-mouthed display and have branded the American-based company "irresponsible".
Delta tunnel plan blasted by key environmental group
2014-07-30 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Francisco Chronicle: The state's plan to build a pair of 35-mile tunnels under the Delta would cause the extinction of winter-run Chinook salmon, steep declines in dozens of other species and devastate water quality in San Francisco Bay, an environmental group said Wednesday. "This project would be a major step in the wrong direction," said Gary Bobker, policy analyst for the Bay Institute, which submitted its 250-page findings this week to the state's Department of Water Resources as it updates its Bay Delta Conservation...
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J. Crew blasted for introducing size 000
2014-07-15 04:04:47| Apparel - Topix.net
As if the double-zero wasn't tiny enough, clothing companies have stooped to new lows with the launch of a new vanity size: 000.
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VIDEO: Network bosses blasted for power cuts
2014-01-21 13:59:38| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Commons Energy Select Committee chairman Tim Yeo says answers by bosses of energy distribution firms over Christmas power cuts are "absolutely astonishing".
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