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North Americas Largest Wind Energy Storage Facility Fires Up In Texas
2013-01-25 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Clean Technica: Where else to site the nation`s biggest wind energy storage facility but in Texas, the state known for its extra bigness? Duke Energy has fired up the new 36 megawatt energy storage and management facility, which is linked to the Notrees Windpower wind farm in the western part of the state. Aside from showcasing some nifty new energy management bells and whistles, the new storage facility blows a Texas-sized raspberry in the direction of renewable energy nay-sayers, whose complaints about the "unreliable"...
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Apple fires supplier after audit uncovers underage workers
2013-01-25 06:54:44| CNET News.com
Apple found 74 underage workers at one company and then reported the labor agency to local authorities, it says in its latest Supplier Responsibility report. [Read more]
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Australia: Victoria's south east faces destructive fires
2013-01-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Bushfires in Victoria have destroyed a number of homes as the Country Fire Authority fights a 25,000-hectare blaze around Gippsland in the state's south-east. Transcript TRACY BOWDEN, PRESENTER: Tonight the heat is on for fire fighters across huge sections of the country, with bushfires burning in Victoria and New South Wales. Scorching temperatures and strong winds sparked emergency after emergency, as fires broke containment lines, consuming tens of thousands of hectares of bushland. ...
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FAA grounds Boeing's 787 Dreamliner after battery fires
2013-01-17 00:51:54| CNET News.com
Action comes after two Japanese carriers parked their 787 following an onboard flight. [Read more]
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Australia fights hundreds of fires, heat
2013-01-12 08:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: Firefighters battled roaring blazes in extreme hot weather Saturday as hundreds of wildfires blackened parts of southeastern Australia, officials said. The danger was said to be serious in Victoria and Tasmania but New South Wales has so far had the worst of the fires, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Firefighters worked through the night to combat more than 100 bush fires in that state as hot, gusty conditions are forecast for Sunday. More than 100 firefighters were working a...
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