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Oil hits 14-month high on supply drop in US, worries about Egypt crisis
2013-07-04 10:08:56| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The price of oil rose to its highest level in 14 months on concerns about possible disruptions to Middle East supplies and signs of an increase in U.S. demand for fuel.
The looming water crisis
2013-07-03 15:37:52| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Saturday Evening Post: Kylan Frye steers her Subaru station wagon along the slushy roadways of the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area at the edge of Utahs Great Salt Lake. Its a February afternoon, gray and cold, and a layer of snow covers the wetlands that spread for miles around us. The Wasatch Range rises ruggedly in the background, but otherwise it feels like were driving through a barren white sea, indistinguishable from the pale sky if not for the occasional dots of sagebrush, sedge, and cottonwood. The...
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Portugal stocks fall as crisis looms
2013-07-03 11:24:21| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Portugal's main stock market falls more than 6% in early trading on Wednesday, amid fears of a growing political crisis in the country.
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Tackling Indonesias Deforestation Crisis Together
2013-06-28 04:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: As fires continue to burn the rainforests of Sumatra and customers around the world continue to raise the volume of their demands for deforestation-free products, a group of powerful individuals have gathered to align on how to stop this spiraling crisis. The workshop is organized under the auspices of the Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA) and the goal is to find ways to eliminate deforestation in the supply chains of the 400+ Consumer Goods Forum companies. I am encouraged that everyone here--from...
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EU summit wrestles with jobs crisis
2013-06-27 02:12:27| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The record unemployment blighting much of Europe will be the focus of attention at a two-day EU summit set to open in Brussels.
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