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Rougher Atlantic storms to pound Western Europe - study
2016-03-21 10:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The Atlantic seas could be getting rougher, with winter storms capable of causing dramatic changes to the beaches of Western Europe. And new research shows that the pounding delivered to the shorelines of the UK and France in the winter of 2013-2014 was the most violent since 1948. Gerd Masselink, professor of coastal geomorphology at Plymouth University School of Marine Science and Engineering, UK, and colleagues report in Geophysical Research Letters that they decided to switch focus from sea...
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Obama administration will not allow oil drilling off Atlantic coast
2016-03-16 09:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Americas Atlantic coast will remain off limits for oil and gas drilling for now. Following uproar from coastal communities and environmental groups, the Obama administration announced Tuesday that it was reversing its initial plan of allowing oil exploration off the shores of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia between 2017 and 2022. The Pentagon, too, had expressed concerns that oil exploration activities off the Atlantic Coast could interfere with their military drills and missile...
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US President Obama scraps plans for Atlantic offshore oil drilling
2016-03-16 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
US President Barack Obama has announced plans to exclude waters off the Atlantic coast from drilling due to existing market dynamics, local opposition and conflicts with competing commercial and military ocean uses.
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ABB expands presence in Atlantic Canada
2016-03-15 19:15:48| Canadian Plastics Headlines
Automation supplier is opening a new office in Halifax. The post ABB expands presence in Atlantic Canada appeared first on Canadian Plastics.
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In reversal, Obama admin to block oil drilling in Atlantic
2016-03-15 08:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: In a major reversal, the Obama administration said Tuesday it will bar oil drilling off America's Atlantic Coast, a move cheered by environmentalists and consistent with the president's aggressive steps to combat climate change. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said the decision "protects the Atlantic for future generations." She said the administration had listened to thousands of people in coastal communities from Florida to New England who said, "Now is not the time to start leasing off the...
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