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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rate Puts Billion More at Risk
2013-10-13 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Allowing the Earths temperature to rise by more than 3.6F will see dramatic changes in vegetation across the planet and expose a billion more people to severe water scarcity, according to new research. So vast are the potential changes that the scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany comment that they doubt if humans have the capacity to manage the impacts it will have. A temperature rise of 9°F would cause all ice-free land on the planet to experience...
Italy: First test of Venice's 5.4 billion euro flood barriers
2013-10-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Flood-prone Venice on Saturday carried out the first test of its 5.4 billion euro ($7.3 billion) barrier system known as "Moses", designed to protect the Renaissance city from rising sea levels. The ambitious engineering project involves installing 78 mobile barriers divided into four sections at the three inlets to the Venice lagoon, with the largest inlet divided in half by an artificial island. Fifty companies have been involved in the massive project overseen by the Venezia Nuova consortium,...
Drug company Teva to cut 5,000 jobs, save $2 billion a year
2013-10-11 04:49:01| Biotech - Topix.net
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will cut about 5,000 jobs, 10 percent of its workforce, accelerating a cost-cutting plan as it prepares for lower-priced competition for its best-selling drug.
Antero Resources Prices Upsized $1.5 Billion IPO
2013-10-10 18:05:00| OGI
Net proceeds will be used to repay outstanding borrowings under its credit facility and fund its drilling and development program.
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Midstream Acquisitions Burn Through $14 Billion In The First Days Of October
2013-10-10 11:35:00| OGI
Regency's recent $5.6 billion acquisition of PVR Partners gives the company a slot in the hottest shale plays in North America.
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