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500 million to go thirsty as climate warms
2013-11-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: HALF A BILLION more people will be unable to access clean water as a result of climate change, according to a new international study. Approximately 1.3 billion people today live in areas of water scarcity. A increase in temperature of 2°C by 2100 a midrange prediction from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is expected to expose an additional eight per cent of the world's population to new or worsening water scarcity. A more extreme rise in temperature of five degrees, reveals that...
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Philippines: Typhoon impacts a million farmers
2013-11-12 13:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Over one million farmers in the Philippines have been impacted by Typhoon Haiyan according to the UN. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says that hundreds of thousands of hectares of rice have been destroyed. Coconut plantations which are a big earner of foreign currency were said to be "completely flattened". Fishing communities have also be severely affected with the storm destroying boats and gear. The FAO says they have arrived at the figure of farmers affected by looking...
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Indiana City's $200 Million Sale Finances Mill: Muni Deal
2013-11-12 11:27:05| Paper - Topix.net
Valparaiso plans to sell $200 million in tax-free revenue bonds this week on behalf of box-maker Pratt Industries to finance a paper-recycling plant that will add more than 100 jobs in the northwest Indiana city.
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Australia government allows Saputo's $420 million bid for WCB
2013-11-12 05:21:56| Food - Topix.net
Saputo, Canada's largest dairy producer, hiked its bid for WCB by 14 percent to A$449 million in October, trumping earlier approaches by major shareholders Bega Cheese Ltd is ultimately a matter for the shareholders but this decision provides certainty in relation to Saputo's bid," Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey said in a statement announcing his ... (more)
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PRESS RELEASE: Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates Arranges $13 Million Sale of 118-138 Hope Street in Brooklyn
2013-11-11 21:37:00| National Real Estate Investor
Lindsay Church Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates, Inc. (KDA) has arranged the sale of 118-138 Hope Street, a 20,000 sq.-ft. property in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY, for $13 million. read more
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