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China's water squeeze worsens as wetlands shrink 9 pct
2014-01-12 22:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's wetlands have shrunk nearly 9 percent since 2003, forestry officials said on Monday, aggravating water scarcity in a country where food production, energy output and industrial activity are already under pressure from water shortages. China has more than a fifth of the world's population but only 6 percent of its freshwater resources, and large swathes of the nation, especially in the north, face severe water distress. Since 2003, wetlands sprawling across 340,000 sq. km. - an area...
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BRIEF: Petrochemicals loss worsens
2013-12-02 02:27:53| Chemicals - Topix.net
Dec. 01 -- David Federman's woes at Israel Petrochemical Enterprises continue: the holding company, which holds 30.72 percent of Oil Refineries Ltd. , lost NIS 170.3 million in the third quarter of 2012, according to the financials it released last night.
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Ecuador in new probe to see if climate change worsens El Nino
2013-11-09 09:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Think Galapagos and you think nature in its most pristine expression. But the destructive weather phenomenon called El Nino turns coral reefs there a sickly white and sea iguanas scrawny. And now, in an unprecedented experiment, scientists using unmanned submarines in the waters off the Ecuadoran archipelago are probing whether global warming is related to El Nino. There is not yet conclusive evidence of a link. But experts are very serious about the possibility that climate change is making...
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Exclusive: HTC scales back production lines as cash flow worsens - sources
2013-10-23 08:10:26| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp has halted at least one of its four main manufacturing lines, accounting for at least a fifth of total capacity, and is outsourcing production as a sales slump puts pressure on its cash flow, according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
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Food Waste Worsens Greenhouse Gas Emissions: FAO
2013-09-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates the direct cost to producers of food that goes to waste is currently $750 billion annually, a figure that excludes wasted fish and seafood. But the FAO says the waste not only causes huge economic losses but is also doing very significant damage to natural resources -- climate, water, land and biodiversity. Without accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from land use change, the carbon footprint of food produced and not eaten is estimated...
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