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The men of steel with a softer side

2015-02-03 01:27:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The men of steel with a soft centre

Palmer's softer line increases govt hopes on direct action climate change policy

2014-10-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Sydney Morning Herald: Senior Abbott government members are increasingly confident a deal to pass its direct action climate change policy will be reached before Christmas after Clive Palmer appeared to soften his party's hardline position on the scheme. Australia has been without a climate change policy since July, when it became the first country to abolish a carbon price and key crossbench senators stressed their opposition to direct action on the grounds it was expensive and would fail to cut greenhouse gas emissions....

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Two Years After Sandys Surge, New York City Shifts Toward a Softer Relationship with the Sea

2014-10-26 14:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Just ahead of the two-year anniversary of the calamitous flooding of New York City by the surge from Hurricane Sandy, Alan Feuer has written a fine piece summarizing how this maritime metropolis, facing decades, if not centuries, of inevitable sea-level rise, is slowly evolving a softer relationship with the sea. Heres the nut: In the storms aftermath, there were calls for a single big fix, like sea gates that would close off New York Harbor to swells of rising water. But the solutions being...

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Softer demand for OSB wood panels could hurt Ainsworth stock performance: RBC

2014-10-10 17:18:27| Air Courier - Topix.net

RBC Capital Markets has lowered its expectations for Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. in its preview of North American lumber producers ahead of the sector's third-quarter financial reports.

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