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This week in spirits & wine, featuring the Brexit disaster for wine, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Fire's on-premise struggles and Treasury Wine Estates' US wine brand dump
2016-07-08 15:03:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Here's a round-up of this week's top stories in the spirits & wine categories. We also have similar round-ups for beer & cider and soft drinks & water.
Fires begin to appear en masse as Indonesias burning season gets going
2016-07-08 02:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Satellites on Wednesday recorded 145 fire-linked hotspots over Indonesias main western island of Sumatra, down from 245 on Sunday, according to the countrys disaster management agency. Its a far cry from last years crisis, when thousands of forest and peatland fires raged across the archipelagic country during the extended dry season brought on by El Nino, sending toxic haze pollution billowing across the region. But the uptick in hotspots signaled this years burning season may already be...
French Navys SSBN Le Triomphant test fires M51 ballistic missile
2016-07-05 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The French Navys Le Triomphant nuclear-powered missile submarine (SSBN) has successfully test fired an M51 strategic ballistic missile (SLBM) from the Bay of Audierne, Finistre.
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Vast Peat Fires Threaten Health and Boost Global Warming
2016-07-02 20:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ensia: As forest fires devastated Fort McMurray, Alberta, last month, a different sort of fire may have started beneath the ground. Peat, a carbon-rich soil created from partially decomposed, waterlogged vegetation accumulated over several millennia and the stuff that fueled Indonesias megafires last fall, also appears in the boreal forests that span Canada, Alaska and Siberia. With the intense heat from the Fort McMurray fires, theres a good chance the soil in the area could have been ignited, says...
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Southeast Asian fires emitted most carbon last year since 1997, topped entire EU output
2016-07-02 00:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Japan Times: Forest fires that blanketed Southeast Asia in thick haze last year released the greatest amount of climate-changing carbon since the record blazes in 1997, producing emissions higher than in the whole of the European Union, scientists said on Tuesday. Singapore, Malaysia and northern Indonesia choked under a layer of toxic smog in September and October, caused by thousands of fires started in Indonesia to clear land for palm oil trees and for pulp and paper plantations. The fires and resulting...
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