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Global Warming Caused by CFCs, Not Carbon Dioxide, Researcher Claims in Controversial Study
2013-05-30 20:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are to blame for global warming since the 1970s and not carbon dioxide, according to a researcher from the University of Waterloo in a controversial new study published in the International Journal of Modern Physics B this week. CFCs are already known to deplete ozone, but in-depth statistical analysis now suggests that CFCs are also the key driver in global climate change, rather than carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the researcher argues. "Conventional thinking says...
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OSHA To Reopen Controversial Crane and Derrick Rules
2013-05-28 19:45:34| ENR.com: Headline News
Safety experts who fought for mandatory crane operator certification say they are unhappy to see OSHA extend the testing deadline.
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Controversial palm oil project halted in Cameroon
2013-05-24 07:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: An American company has halted work on a controversial palm oil project in Cameroon due to opposition from local communities and environmentalists, reports Reuters. Herakles Capital, a U.S.-based investment firm, said it has stopped development of its 73,000-hectare oil palm planation and laid of 690 workers pending a government review of the 2009 deal that granted the land to the firm. The move came weeks after an order from the Forestry Ministry and a day after a joint report from Greenpeace...
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TVA turns 80; history full of controversial progress
2013-05-18 19:09:49| Energy - Topix.net
Eighty years ago, the stroke of a pen transformed Tennessee and much of the southern United States forever.
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Public Can Still Comment on Controversial Oil Sands Pipeline to Lake Superior
2013-05-07 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Detroit Free Press: he U.S. State Department has extended the public comment period on a controversial proposal to expand a Canadian tar sands oil pipeline to the western shores of Lake Superior. Respondents now have until midnight Monday to weigh in on Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge Energys plan to expand its Line 67 or Alberta Clipper pipeline. The comment period was originally slated to conclude April 29. As reported in the Free Press April 14, Enbridge is seeking federal approval to nearly double the...
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