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Polar bears hunt on land as ice shrinks

2014-01-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: Polar bears have shifted to a diet of more land-based food in response to climate change and melting sea ice in the Arctic, new research finds. The results suggest that polar bears, at least in the western Hudson Bay area, may be slightly more flexible in the face of climate change than previously thought. "We found they were eating more of what is available on the land," including snow geese, eggs and caribou, said study co-author Linda Gormezano, a vertebrate biologist at the American Museum...

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J.B. Hunt tallies another record year but shares slide

2014-01-23 20:33:07| Trucking - Topix.net

J.B. Hunt Transport continues to set the bar high in the logistics sector despite caution from Wall Street about conflicting signs in the overall economy.

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J.B. Hunt Transport Earnings Rise

2014-01-23 20:33:06| Trucking - Topix.net

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported that its fourth-quarter net income rose 9.4% to $91.9 million, or 77 cents per share, helped by stronger intermodal, brokerage and dedicated freight business.

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Australia: Inquiry into Gladstone dredging won't stop new coal project, Greg Hunt says

2014-01-20 07:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority says the federal government's launch of an inquiry into dredging and dumping near the reef will not prompt it to delay its decision on whether to allow 3m cubic metres of sediment to be deposited within its world heritage area in a new coal port project. Greg Hunt, the federal environment minister, is to ask an independent commission to investigate the Gladstone harbour dredging project. The inquiry will look at whether there was a critical breakdown...

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