je.st
news
Tag: worries
Today's oil prices rally on strong Chinese trade data, Middle East worries
2013-02-08 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Oil prices rallied today after China released strong trade data, which boosted the demand outlook for oil, while a spurt in tensions in the Middle East again only added to supply concerns, also contributing to the rise.
Climate change worries rise and fall with temperature: UBC study
2013-02-05 22:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: If you think local weather patterns are in a constant state of flux, consider public opinion on global warming. New research out of the University of British Columbia suggests that climate change concerns rise with the heat, but cool during cold snaps. "Our study demonstrates just how much local weather can influence people's opinions on global warming," said UBC Geography Prof. Simon Donner, who led the study, published Tuesday in the journal Climate Change. "We find that, unfortunately,...
A One-Stop Shop for Water Worries
2013-01-30 17:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Water, or the lack thereof, is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century. As temperatures rise and droughts become more frequent, the threat of dwindling water resources worries not just environmentalists and governments but companies and their investors, too. Nearly every industrial sector, from food and beverages to mining to pharmaceuticals, depends on water for its operations. Figuring out which places are likely to be hit hardest can help a company either steer clear of a certain...
Tags: shop
water
worries
onestop
Christie's backing of federal shore rules raises worries
2013-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Philadelphia Inquirer: Shore houses that have been in working-class families for generations will be abandoned. Property values will spiral downward, leaving Shore towns' budgets in tatters. That is the dire scenario painted by a growing coalition of federal, state, and local officials along the Jersey Shore after Gov. Christie's announcement last week that New Jersey would adopt the federal government's preliminary floodplain maps - which would effectively require houses along large swaths of the Shore to be elevated...
Tags: rules
federal
shore
raises
BANGLADESH: Currency surge worries apparel exporters
2013-01-25 12:19:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A strengthening of the Bangladesh taka (BDT) against the US dollar is worrying the country's textile and apparel sectors, which say their exports have been badly affected.
Tags: apparel
currency
bangladesh
surge
Sites : [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] next »