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Coal mine has heavy impact in Indonesian Borneo
2014-09-26 11:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Baharuddin should be happy. The rambutan and durian trees flanking his home are heavy with fruit. Two hectares of chilies stretch before his house. The price of chili -- a staple commodity in Indonesia -- has been stable for six months. From his 2,000 plants he hopes to earn 40 million rupiah ($3,400), much of which he wants to invest in expanding his crop. That is, if his farm can survive the threats that have destroyed so many of his neighbor's. "I would like to grow 10,000 chili plants," he...
Agrium to expand Canada potash mine by fourth quarter
2014-09-24 15:10:06| Chemicals - Topix.net
Canadian fertilizer company Agrium Inc. expects to complete expansion of its Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, potash mine in the fourth quarter, the company said in an investor presentation on Tuesday. Agrium said it expected to ramp up production at the mine, which expands to 3 million tonnes annually from 2 million, by 2017.
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Canary coal mine: Extreme weather, rising seas plague atoll nation
2014-09-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: As global leaders gear up to meet at next weeks United Nations Climate Summit in New York, the president of a small Pacific island nation vulnerable to rising seas caused by global warming said the future of his people depends on creating a carbon-free world by 2050. Out here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, climate change has arrived, Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak said in a video address to his fellow heads of state. Our atoll nation stands at the front line in the battle...
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Illinois School District Awarded $10M in Collapsed Mine Case
2014-09-12 21:25:25| Railroads - Topix.net
An Illinois school district has been awarded nearly $10 million in a lawsuit against Union Pacific Railroad after claiming a collapsed mine left an elementary school damaged. Macoupin County Judge Patrick Londrigan awarded the Gillespie School District the judgment on Sept.
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UPDATE 1-Grupo Mexico dodges mine closure with $151 mln toxic spill fund
2014-09-12 12:37:42| Food - Topix.net
Grupo Mexico and its subsidiaries on Thursday dodged losing a concession to run one of the biggest copper mines in the world as long as they comply with government obligations following a toxic spill that include creating a $151 million clean-up fund. The fund is far bigger than a $23 million reserve that Grupo Mexico had previously set aside for the clean-up at Buenavista copper mine.
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