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Climate panel says coast, midwest at risk of extreme weather
2013-01-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Average U.S. temperatures may jump as much as 4 degrees Fahrenheit (2.2 Celsius) in the coming decades, and efforts to combat the effects are insufficient, a government advisory panel on climate change said. The 60-member panel approved and released a draft report today that says many coastal areas face potentially irreversible impacts as warmer temperatures lead to flooding, storm surges and water shortages. The chances of record-breaking, high-temperature extremes will continue to increase...
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Registration Now Open for the Midwest Manure Summit
2013-01-10 23:14:00| National Hog Farmer
The University of Wisconsin (UW)-Extension will host the Midwest Manure Summit on Feb. 26-27 at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Green Bay, WI. The event serves as a meeting place for dairy and livestock producers, government agency workers, agribusiness professionals, and educators who are interested in taking a closer look at manure processing and handling. read more
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Lightstone Buys Three Marriott Hotels in Midwest
2013-01-04 03:30:00| National Real Estate Investor
WEST DES MOINES, IALightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust Inc., sponsored by the Lightstone Group, has acquired three Marriott hotels here and in Willoughby, Ohio for $21 million.
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Drought persists in U.S. Plains; slight improvement in Midwest
2013-01-03 17:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Snowfall in parts of the Plains last week had little impact on historic drought gripping the region, but parts of Illinois, Wisconsin and the Southeast showed slight improvement, weather experts said. A weekly report issued Thursday by a consortium of federal and state climatology experts said that as of January 1, 42.05 percent of the contiguous United States was in severe to exceptional drought, down from 42.45 percent the previous week. Parts of the central Plains received snow in the last...
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