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Water Windfall Found in Drought-Stricken California
2016-06-27 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Californias Central Valley has three times more freshwater in underground aquifers than previously thought, drinking water that could help the state weather future drought and fortify itself against a changing climate, according to a new Stanford University study. But tapping that water, locked thousands of feet beneath the ground, will be expensive and comes with an enormous risk it could cause the valley floor to sink, according to the study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National...
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Big financial windfall for Charlie Hales' final budget
2016-05-04 20:16:59| PortlandOnline
Brad Schmidt in The Oregonian, April 28, 2016
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Tata windfall from carbon permits
2016-04-08 11:14:25| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Tata Steel made hundreds of millions of pounds selling carbon emissions permits given for free under a European Union emissions trading scheme, experts say.
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EU Industry Got $27 Billion Cap-and-Trade Windfall, Study Says
2016-03-15 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: European Union industry landed a 24-billion-euro ($26.7 billion) windfall from an emissions cap-and-trade program that was intended to moderate emissions by putting a price on pollution, according to an environmental consultancy. Companies in the cement, petrochemical and steel industries gained most from the emissions trading system, or ETS, from 2008 to 2014, according to a study by CE Delft which was commissioned by Carbon Market Watch, an environmental lobby. European industry received too...
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The U.S. plan for a public-safety network could be a windfall for a big carrier
2016-01-16 03:49:11| Wireless - Topix.net
A public-safety network across the U.S. that could speed up disaster response may also lead to a big payoff for a mobile carrier. The FirstNet network, set to go live in some areas next year, is intended to unify a crazy quilt of wireless systems for police, firefighters and emergency medical teams.