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Landslide in Oso, Washington - Don't Blame Nature and Acts of God for Reckless Logging
2014-04-12 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The 300-acre landslide in Oso, Washington, which killed at least 30 people and destroyed the local community on March 22, 2014, reveals a consequence of a relatively unregulated and unseen industry: logging. Logging was not the sole cause of the disaster -- March was the wettest on record, a condition possibly exacerbated by climate change, and the geology of the area features soft soils -- but logging apparently played a major role. The media often do not investigate the reasons behind an event...
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First Package of Delegated Acts for Ag Policy Reform Criticized
2014-03-18 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Copa-Cogeca has criticised the first package of delegated acts for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform approved by the EU Commission this week, warning it will make it difficult for farmers to implement.
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Watchdog acts on 'add-on' insurance
2014-03-11 13:56:27| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The insurance regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, promises a crackdown on so-called 'add-on' policies.
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Acts of Geology: Santa Monica Wants to Be First 'Quake-Safe City in California
2014-02-16 01:16:40| Real Estate - Topix.net
Is there some kind of Santa Monica-Los Angeles rivalry going on surrounding earthquake preparedness? LA recently announced that it was embarking on what sounded like a long, slow process to retrofit its most vulnerable buildings .
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EU acts to curb banks' risky trading
2014-01-29 13:03:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Proposals to isolate some of the riskier trading activities by the banking sector are unveiled by the European Commission.
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