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HS2 benefits dwindling, say MPs
2013-09-09 04:36:59| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The estimated benefits of the proposed HS2 high-speed rail link are dwindling as costs spiral, an influential group of MPs says.
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Why Dwindling SnowThanks Largely to Climate ChangeMight Dry Out Los Angeles
2013-06-17 04:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecocentric: While the national government remains slow to deal with climate change, many cities have been moving ahead. Why the difference? Well, cities tend to be more homogenous politically, which makes any kind of decisive action easier to push through. But the real reason is that city managers know that they will be the first ones forced to deal with the likely consequences of global warming: rising sea levels and flooding, deadly heat waves and water struggles. New York City didn`t just come out last week...
Mekong Mystery: Dwindling Fish
2013-05-23 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Jeff Opperman, a senior freshwater scientist with the Nature Conservancy, is taking a once-in-a-lifetime trip down the Mekong River in Southeast Asia with his wife and two children, ages 8 and 10. Previous posts can be found here. As we traveled down the Mekong River, I kept hearing variations of the same story: There are fewer fish. Our guide in the Four Thousand Island region of Laos relayed that fishermen now work longer hours and catch fewer fish. At a fishing camp just below Khone Falls,...
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Why Warming Oceans Could Mean Dwindling Fish
2013-05-16 11:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Its easy to forget that global warming doesnt just refer to the rising temperature of the air. Climate change is having an enormous, if less well understood, impact on the oceans, which already absorb far more carbon dioxide than the atmosphere. Like so much of what goes on in the vast depths that cover more than two-thirds of our planets surface, the effect of climate change on the oceans remains a black box--albeit one that scientists are working to illuminate. Heres one way: fisheries....
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Dwindling U.S. gold stocks signal surge in physical demand
2013-04-30 08:17:18| IT Services - Topix.net
ROB Insight is The Globe and Mail's exclusive feature led by a team of award-winning editors and writers who provide you with in-depth analysis on breaking business news and the issues that matter most.
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