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Islamist militia attack kills 49 people at Libya airport

2014-07-21 01:00:00| Airport Technology

Islamist militia has again attacked Tripoli International Airport in Libya on 20 July, after the truce has been demolished at the airport on 18 July.

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Two years after coming effect, Australia kills carbon tax

2014-07-17 22:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: In a significant victory for Prime Minister Tony Abbott, the Australian Senate has voted to repeal the country's two-year-old carbon tax. Abbott made dismantling the tax one of the cornerstones of his campaign last September even as Australia remains one of the highest carbon emitters per capita in the industrialized world. After the vote, Abbott called the dismantled legislation "a useless, destructive tax, which damaged jobs, which hurt families' cost of living and which didnt actually help...

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Australia kills off carbon tax

2014-07-17 03:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Australias carbon price has been repealed, leaving the nation with no legislated policy to achieve even the minimum 5% greenhouse emissions reduction target it has inscribed in international agreements. After eight years of bitter political debate, during which climate policy dominated three election campaigns and contributed to the demise of two prime ministers, after last weeks Senate drama in which the repeal was again defeated and this weeks lengthy last gasp debate, the Senate has now...

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What Happens When a Landfill Closes - From Fresh Kills to Puente Hills

2014-07-14 17:36:00| Waste Age

Fresh Kills was the largest landfill in the country when it closed in 2001. Puente Hills was the largest landfill in the country when it closed a dozen years later in 2013. Now, neither New York City nor Los Angeles operate a landfill, which significantly impacts hauler and disposal companies. What happened to all that trash? How did the two biggest cities in the country get out of the landfill business? read more

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