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Sugar: A disastrous performance
2013-05-20 07:46:34| Sugar Industry News
GuySuCo\'s first crop production of around 48,000 tonnes of sugar must shock the corporation and the government into action. This first crop figure is so bad that archivists will have to go tumbling around dusty records from decades ago to match these figures. The nadir that is often cited and certainly by the then opposition PPP is the output of 129,000 tonnes in 1990 when even the PNC would have admitted that the industry had been neglected, that the sugar levy had taken an incalculable toll on its ability to re-tool and expert management was needed. A turnaround was engineered via a management contract with Booker-Tate which saw annual production reaching around 325,000 tonnes at one point.
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Sandy signaled disastrous century. Will U.S. adapt to climate change?
2013-01-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment Health: Sandy Signaled Disastrous Century. Will U.S. Adapt to Climate Change? - New America Media | Environment RSS | NETWORK | | SERVICES | EMS | POLLS | DIRECTORY | EVENTS | ABOUT US HOME Browse by: Arts & Entertainment Collaborative Reporting Economy Education Elders Election 2012 Environment Ethnic Media Headlines Ethnic Media Network Foreclosures Gender & Sexuality Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area Health Health Care Reform...
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Unrestricted Natural Gas Exports Could Have Disastrous Effects on U.S. Economy
2013-01-15 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: U.S. News and World Report published an article entitled Should the U.S. Export Natural Gas? This article states that some leaders within the energy industry are questioning the benefits of exportation. They are apparently concerned about using up our resources to grow foreign economies. U.S. News and World Report states: Unrestricted natural gas exports could have disastrous effects on the U.S. economy, energy industry leaders argued Thursday, warning that shipping large amounts of the nations...