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Logging endangers UNESCO World Heritage Site in Solomon Islands
2013-06-23 01:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A world heritage site in the Solomon Islands is "in danger" due to logging, warns the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The East Rennell area of the Solomon Islands was inscribed on the list of world heritage sites in 1998 for its forests and coral reefs. East Rennell is the world's largest coral atoll. According to UNESCO, logging in the area is threatening East Rennell's marine ecosystems. "The World Heritage Committee determined that logging is threatening...
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Forest Labs' longtime CEO Solomon to step down at year-end
2013-05-24 13:25:28| Biotech - Topix.net
Forest Laboratories Inc said Howard Solomon, its chief executive of more than 35 years, will retire at the end of this year, capping a tenure that saw the company morph from a small generic and vitamins maker to a $10 billion corporation.
Solomon Jones: Nordstrom and the husband chair
2013-05-07 10:40:58| Apparel - Topix.net
Today on PhillyDailyNews.com: Share your craziest shopping story for a chance to win a $100 Nordstrom gift card.
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Solomon Islands: Where the Sea Has Risen Too High Already
2013-04-30 10:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: The deceptively calm waters of Langa Langa Lagoon on the west coast of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands is home to thousands of people who have lived on artificial islands for centuries. For generations the islanders in this south-west Pacific nation have employed tenacity and ingenuity to maintain their existence on these tiny low-lying man-made atolls, devoid of freshwater and arable land. But climate change is now the greatest threat to their survival. "The seas are rough and the tides...
Solomon: All-Star weekend doesn't deliver all the way
2013-02-18 02:15:16| Airlines - Topix.net
I found myself at a fancy black-tie soiree called the Ballet Ball at the Wortham Center, a benefit for the Houston Ballet.