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Gas vs. diesel vs. hybrid: Which car engine is best for you and the environment?
2013-11-13 16:30:14| Extremetech
Gas, diesel, hybrid, or electric? Everyone wants their next car to have better fuel economy and wouldnt mind if its better for the environment. But which engine is the right choice?
Report: Obama's ethanol policy has ravaged the environment
2013-11-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: When President Barack Obama gave a major policy speech on reducing greenhouse gases last June, he didn't once mention ethanol, an alcohol-based fuel distilled from fermented corn. Biofuels in general which are extracted from plant or animal matter received a brief, passing reference. But when the Iowa political caucuses were on the horizon in 2007, thenpresidential candidate Obama made homegrown corn a centerpiece of his plan to slow global warming. And when former President George W. Bush...
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US: RG Barry Q3 profit hit by "sluggish" environment
2013-11-06 11:07:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Shifts in the timing of holiday shipments to retailers, combined with the sluggish retail environment, weighed on footwear and accessories manufacturer RG Barry's profit during the third quarter.
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Canada's poor environment record could hit energy exports, says watchdog
2013-11-06 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Canada is doing a bad job of protecting the environment, an official watchdog said on Tuesday, suggesting a poor image for the country on green issues could harm Canadian companies seeking to export crude oil and natural gas. The damning report by Neil Maxwell, interim commissioner of the environment and sustainable development, puts more pressure on the Conservative government, which is already under fire for what critics say is a poor environmental record. "Government has not met key commitments,...
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Australia: Environment minister Greg Hunt approves nation's largest coalmine
2013-11-04 03:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: The federal government has approved a massive coalmining project in central Queensland that will be the largest in the country. The environment minister, Greg Hunt, approved the 37,380-hectare Kevin's Corner project on Friday. The mine, to be operated by a joint India-Australia consortium, GVK-Hancock, is the first to be approved since the introduction of a water trigger rule by the previous federal government. Greenpeace claims Kevin's Corner will use more than 9bn litres of water a year...
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