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Giant iceberg could wipe out Adélie penguin colony at Cape Denison, Antarctica
2016-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: More than 150,000 Adélie penguins have perished in a single colony in Antarctica after the grounding of a giant iceberg. The penguins used to thrive at Cape Denison in Commonwealth Bay, where strong winds blowing off the ice sheet kept a large area of water open near the shore. Adélie penguins. An iceberg grounding in Commonwealth Bay threatens a colony's survival. But in December 2010 an iceberg bigger than the ACT grounded in the bay, trapping floating sea ice near the coast. The penguins...
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With haze threatening return, Indonesian forestry giant pushes peatlands restoration model
2016-02-04 13:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Last year some two million hectares of land in Indonesia went up in flames across Sumatra, Borneo, and the Western half of New Guinea. The conflagrations caused choking air pollution, hospitalizing hundreds of thousands of people and further denting regional economies already hard hit by the downturn in commodity prices. Daily carbon emissions from the fires during the height of the crisis were higher than the daily emissions from the entire U.S. economy. Most of the haze was caused by fires burning...
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ChemChina offers $43B for Swiss pesticide giant Syngenta
2016-02-04 05:30:20| Chemicals - Topix.net
In this Feb. 5, 2014 file picture the logo of Syngenta AG, a producer of agricultural chemicals, is photographed in Basel, Switzerland. A Chinese state-owned chemical maker offered to buy Swiss pesticide giant Syngenta for $43 billion in what would be the biggest-ever foreign acquisition by a Chinese company.
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Oilsands giant Suncor posts $2-billion net loss during fourth quarter
2016-02-04 05:27:46| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Suncor Energy, Canada's biggest oilsands player, has posted a net loss of $2 billion for the final three months of 2015 as it was walloped by the steep drop in crude prices. In addition to the oil price collapse, Suncor's bottom line was dragged down by nearly $1.6 billion in impairment charges and a $382 million foreign exchange loss related to its U.S. dollar-denominated debt.
Residents Fight Railway Giant to Keep South Side Homes
2016-02-02 13:02:39| Railroads - Topix.net
A railway giant could soon force residents of a Chicago neighborhood out of their homes as part of a plan to expand a South Side facility. Christian Farr reports.
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