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Climate change could displace half a million people from islands
2015-10-06 16:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Residents of the Marshall Islands in the North Pacific know they have it bad. Flooding is on the rise and many face the real possibility that their island homes will disappear by the end of the century. Now, a new study projects things could even be worse than previously thought for low-lying island atolls around the world, which are home to half a million people and also host several key U.S. military installations. Studying the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, scientists from the U.S. Geological...
Pengrowth Energy to sell Bodo property in eastern Alberta for $95 million
2015-10-06 16:33:09| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Pengrowth Energy Corp. has agreed to sell a property in eastern Alberta for $95 million, which will be used to reduce the company's debt. The Bodo property produced the equivalent of 2,700 barrels of oil per day on average for first eight months of 2015.
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The Daily Startup: Mark Zuckerberg Joins $15 Million Round for Newsela
2015-10-06 16:29:10| IT Services - Topix.net
The news education startup adapts news articles for students and delivers them online, along with quizzes that aim to tell teachers and parents what students are still grappling with or learning well. Sportsrocket Inc. , a startup from veteran sports media entrepreneur Brian Bedol that aims to launch niche streaming channels for sports, has raised $10 million in venture capital in a round that includes New Enterprise Associates .
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60 million people in sub-Saharan Africa risk famine: Red Cross
2015-10-06 14:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: IFRC warned that a series of climatic shocks in 2014 and 2015 had decimated harvests and left many people in Gambia, Mauritania, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal and Zimbabwe dependent on food aid to survive Some 60 million people across sub-Saharan Africa are already going hungry and the situation could deteriorate dramatically as climate phenomena hike the risk of drought, the Red Cross said Monday. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned that a series of climatic...
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Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $11 Million
2015-10-06 05:55:18| Waste Management - Topix.net
Fuel Tech, Inc. , a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems and emissions control in utility and industrial applications, today announced the receipt of multiple air pollution control contracts from customers in the US and China. These awards have an aggregate value of approximately $11.0 million.
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