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Barrier Reef: miners' advertising campaign to defend dredging of ports
2014-04-23 03:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A galvanised mining industry has promised a prolonged campaign of advertising and lobbying to counter what it sees as scaremongering by environmental activists. The Queensland Resources Council will on Wednesday launch its first ever TV advertisements aimed at challenging claims by environmentalists that ports, shipping and seabed dredging for coal exports are threatening the health of the Great Barrier Reef. The ads state there is no scientific evidence linking degradation of the reef to...
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EIVA launches dredging system for seamless integration with Trimbles Grade Control System
2014-03-20 17:57:00| Offshore Technology
EIVA NaviSuite Uca is the result of collaboration between EIVA and Trimble, established to enable Trimble customers to choose EIVA software for use with the Trimble GCS900 Grade Control System for excavators.
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Regional News Stories: Dredging Up a Problem
2014-03-20 16:40:26| Chemicals - Topix.net
The Cuyahoga River in northeast Ohio -- known for catching fire in the 1960s -- relies on frequent dredging to keep the shipping channels open.
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Both sides of river dredging debate project's impact
2014-03-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Florida Times-Union: Following criticism that discussions on whether to deepen JaxPort underestimated environmental problems, engineers suggested deepening the St. Johns River would help the environment in the long run. Deepening the St. Johns River from the Dames Point Bridge to Mayport would allow larger ships to come into the port, and larger ships means fewer trips to carry the same amount of cargo. That would cut down on the amount of carbon emissions coming from the ships, said Col. Alan Dodd, district engineer...
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United Kingdom: Flood crisis: dredging simplistic response to complex problem
2014-02-12 15:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Across the country, we have seen our neighbours' homes and farms devastated by the floods. We understand their anger and frustration. We also understand their demands for swift action, but what they have been given is political gamesmanship: blame-shifting from party to party and from minister to minister, late responses, dramatic reversals of opinion. This reached its well-publicised nadir at the weekend with Eric Pickles's appearance on the Andrew Marr show: "I apologise unreservedly and I'm...
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