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Study: Water Use Skyrockets as Fracking Expands
2015-07-01 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Oil and natural gas fracking, on average, uses more than 28 times the water it did 15 years ago, gulping up to 9.6 million gallons of water per well and putting farming and drinking sources at risk in arid states, especially during drought. Those are the results of a U.S. Geological Survey study published by the American Geophysical Union, the first national-scale analysis and map of water use from hydraulic fracturing operations. USGS map of water use from hydraulic fracturing between 2011 and...
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Global investment in renewable energy skyrockets
2015-04-02 22:15:14| Extremetech
Investments in renewable power surged in 2014 after several years of decline, driven not by the US or Europe, but adoption in developing markets. Has the momentum shifted to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East?
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Cal-Maine income skyrockets as prices rise and costs shrink
2015-03-31 13:52:16| Livestock - Topix.net
Net income for Jackson-based Cal-Maine Foods - the nation's largest producer of eggs - rose in the third fiscal quarter to $50.9 million, its second-biggest quarter ever.
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Celadon Profit Skyrockets Almost 67%
2015-01-29 04:35:10| Trucking - Topix.net
The Indiana-based trucking operation Celadon Group Inc. on Wednesday reported a near 67% increase in its net profit during its fiscal second quarter ending with the close last December. Net income totaled $8.5 million compared to $5.1 million for the same quarter last year.
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UMass fundraising skyrockets
2014-09-10 20:29:47| Electronics - Topix.net
Fundraising throughout the five-campus UMass system increased by 12 percent during the past fiscal year, helping to drive the University's endowment to a record $757 million, including more than $20 million at UMass Lowell, President Robert L. Caret announced Wednesday. "We have established increased private-support as a top priority and are pleased to be seeing clear signs of success," Caret said as the Board of Trustees Committee on Administration and Finance held its quarterly meeting.
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