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Abandoned Russian farmland soaks up 50 million tons of carbon every year

2013-10-04 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: When the USSR collapsed, the communal farming systems that helped feed the union`s citizens collapsed with it. Farmers abandoned 1 million acres of farmland and headed into the cities in search of work. New research by European scientists has revealed the staggering climate benefits of that sweeping change in land use. According to the study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, wild vegetation growing on former USSR farming lands has sucked up approximately 50 million tons of carbon...

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Why Ecuador Abandoned Plans to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground and Save the Amazon

2013-09-06 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: On Aug. 15, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced his governments abandonment of the Yasuni-ITT Initiative, the innovative attempt to reverse the economic arrangement of oil extraction in the Amazon by keeping the oil in the soil in exchange for international assistance. His words that evening were disheartening to many. They encroached on the hopes of environmentalists and indigenous rights activists in Ecuador and progressives around the world. Correa had announced on Ecuadorian state...

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Gas Leases In Wayne County, Pennsylvania Abandoned By Newfield/Hess

2013-07-19 03:12:29| oilandgasonline News Articles

Hess and Newfield, owners of major gas and oil drilling leaseholds in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, are abandoning leases held for nearly four years in the Delaware River Basin (DRB) and after spending $150M on those leases.

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Fire that destroyed abandoned house in north Springfield being investigated

2013-07-19 00:41:12| Railroads - Topix.net

The Springfield Fire Department is investigating what remains of an abandoned house on North Campbell Avenue, just north of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe rail yard, that caught fire late Wednesday night.

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