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Water Wars: Egyptians Condemn Ethiopia's Nile Dam Project
2013-09-28 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: "Ethiopia is killing us," taxi driver Ahmed Hossam said, as he picked his way through Cairo's notoriously traffic-clogged streets. "If they build this dam, there will be no Nile. If there's no Nile, then there's no Egypt." Projects on the scale of the $4.7 billion, 1.1-mile-long (1.7-kilometer-long) Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam often encounter impassioned resistance, but few inspire the kind of dread and fury with which most Egyptians regard plans to dam the Blue Nile River. Egypt insists Ethiopia's...
Faroe Islands condemn EU ban on herring and mackerel exports
2013-08-21 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurActiv: The Faroe Islands government has reacted furiously to an EU decision to ban its fish exports to the Union. While the EU accuses the Faroes of overfishing, the small archipelago, which has Danish sovereignty, is threatening to jeopardise multilateral negotiations on herring quota allocations. The Faroe government condemned the Commission decision to ban the import of herring and mackerel caught by Faroese vessels, as well as all fishery products containing or made of such fish. The EU measures...
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University of New Mexico wants to condemn adjacent land to expand campus
2013-06-14 20:57:00| American School & University
24 empty lots would be used for athletic fields and parking. Schoolhouse Beat read more
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Shale gas: green groups condemn methane flaring plans for wells
2013-05-09 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The two companies exploring for shale gas in the UK have confirmed that they intend to flare methane gas from their wells in a move that has been condemned by environmentalists. It is likely to be the most visible sign of the fracking revolution that many in business and government would like to bring to the UK. Flaring excess gas is widely regarded as environmentally damaging, as burning the methane results in greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. In the US, where fracking...
United Kingdom: Oxford alumni condemn choice of Shell to fund earth sciences lab
2013-05-08 20:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The veteran environmental campaigners Jonathon Porritt and Jeremy Leggett are among 100 past and present students and staff who are accusing Oxford University of hypocrisy for accepting funding from Shell for a new earth sciences laboratory. In a letter published in the Guardian on Thursday, the group maintains that Shell is a "particularly inappropriate choice of funder for an earth sciences laboratory". They point out that the Anglo-Dutch company's core business of oil production is in conflict...
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