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UPS Tries to Spoil the FedEx-TNT Merger
2016-03-02 19:30:03| Trucking - Topix.net
Three years ago, United Parcel Service called off its planned merger with Dutch rival TNT Express after the European Commission threatened to block the deal due to antitrust concerns. Last April, FedEx stepped into the gap, striking its own deal to buy TNT Express for nearly $5 billion.
Australia: Abbot Point: study on dumping spoil in wetlands not required, Hunt says
2014-10-29 09:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The federal government has waived the need for a full environmental impact study into the dumping of dredging spoil onto sensitive wetlands under the plan to expand the Abbot Point coal port in Queensland. The federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, has agreed to a request by Queenslands deputy premier, Jeff Seeney, to assess the controversial project using only paperwork from a discredited original plan to dump spoil in Great Barrier Reef waters. The Australian Greens and environmental groups...
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Victory teams up to detect bacteria that can spoil beer's taste
2014-09-09 04:20:08| Beverages - Topix.net
The list is long of the perfect accompaniments to beer: hot dogs, pizza, peanuts, and pretzels, to name just a few. These are types of bacteria that often hitch a ride into breweries aboard grain.
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Barrier Reef dredging: Queensland approves plan dump spoil on land
2014-09-08 09:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: The Queensland government wants to pay for dredged seabed from a major coal port expansion to be dumped on land instead of in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The premier, Campbell Newman, announced on Monday that cabinet had approved a new disposal plan for dredge spoil at the Abbot Point coal port near Bowen, which would reuse the material on land. The federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, has been asked to fast-track the application. It comes despite North Queensland Bulk Ports...
Australia: Barrier Reef dredge spoil could travel further, conservationists say
2014-07-01 10:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Dumped dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park could travel further than previously thought, affecting coral. Three million cubic metres of dredge spoil will be dumped in waters 20km from the reef following a Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) decision on the expansion of the Abbot Point port in north Queensland. The bid to create one of the world's biggest coal terminals near Bowen was last month criticised by Unesco's world heritage committee meeting in Doha. Now,...
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