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Western Wind Power May Soon Compete With Natural Gas
2013-09-12 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Wind power is cheap where the wind blows, and by the middle of the next decade, the wind farms that dot the landscapes along the highways in Rocky Mountain states could become major regional sources of electricity without federal subsidies, according to a new National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study. Western renewables, primarily wind, could begin to compete on their own with electricity generated at natural gas power plants by 2025, the study said. That will happen as government mandates...
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Wildfires set to increase in western United States
2013-09-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: The rim fire at the Yosemite National park has wrecked havoc at the quality of air in nearby cities like Fresno California. Climate change is reported to cause more wildfires especially in western U.S. According to a report by Live Science, rising temperatures across the globe have had a major impact on wildfires. The pollution caused by the smoke and soot from the wildfires have a detrimental effect on the health of people living close by. Although a rise in temperature is not directly responsible...
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First Great Western introduces mobile ticketing service in the UK
2013-09-11 01:00:00| Railway Technology
First Great Western, a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup, has introduced a new mobile ticketing service.
House destroyed as firefighters battle bushfires in western Sydney
2013-09-10 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Bushfires in New South Wales have destroyed at least two houses and injured two firefighters. The NSW rural fire service (RFS) said one house had been destroyed in Hawkesbury Road at Winmalee, in the Blue Mountains, and two firefighters battling the blaze there suffered minor burns. A second house was lost in Marsden Park in the Blacktown area, in Sydney's west. Five firefighters had been treated for smoke inhalation. Briefing parliament on Tuesday, the NSW premier, Barry O'Farrell, said...
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US: Crailar to expand into Western Europe
2013-09-06 14:29:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Crailar Technologies, developer of the Crailar Flax fibre, plans to acquire a fibre dyeing facility in Western Europe, which it says will accelerate its production timeline by six to nine months.
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