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Methane levels rising as funding cuts threaten monitoring network
2014-01-30 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Levels of methane, a climate-changing greenhouse gas, have been rising since 2007. But U.S. federal budget woes are shrinking the monitoring network that tracks greenhouse gases such as methane, which comes from sources as varied as fracking and cow farts. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) monitors many potent greenhouse gases, such as methane, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, at observatories around the world. In the past six years, funding for part of the network ...
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LIRR unions threaten to strike in March
2014-01-25 10:32:49| Railroads - Topix.net
Long Island Rail Road union leaders Friday threatened to strike on March 21, saying the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has refused to negotiate after rejecting a settlement proposed by federal mediators last month.
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Kenya athletes threaten boycott
2014-01-23 14:23:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Some of Kenya's top athletes threaten to stop representing their nation at international competitions like the Olympics over new tax laws.
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BRAZIL: Cotton farmers threaten trade retaliation
2014-01-17 14:59:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The National Cotton Council has expressed its disappointment over reported comments made by Brazilian cotton producers that a new US farm bill is unlikely to address their concerns and that "retaliation" could be the only option.
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D.C. Methane Leaks Threaten Explosions, Climate
2014-01-16 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Methane leaks in natural gas pipelines have long been a concern with the shale gas and fracking boom in Pennsylvania, Colorado and elsewhere. A new study shows methane leaks are also a hazard in major U.S. cities, posing an explosion risk and a threat to the climate. Nearly 5,900 methane and other gas leaks have been found in ageing natural gas pipelines in Washington, D.C., where some manholes were found to have methane levels 10 times the threshold for an explosion, according to the study conducted...
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