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Massive Port Projects Threaten Integrity Australia Famed Great Barrier Reef

2013-09-23 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Time: A dead cat in the in-tray. That`s what Greenpeace called the newly elected Australian government`s inheritance of a proposal to build the largest coal port in the world at Abbot Point in the northeastern state of Queensland. A decision is required, and the stakes couldn`t be any higher. On one side lies the opportunity to efficiently exploit nine proposed megamines in the Galilee Basin and the thousands of jobs and billions of export dollars that entails. On the other lies the integrity of the...

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Lack of memory capabilities threaten Apple's future

2013-09-08 21:38:30| Semiconductors - Topix.net

According to IHS, as major innovation requires a great deal of memory capabilities, Apple is faced with an uncertain future with Samsung making headway as the memory market leader.

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Germany: Ballooning costs threaten Merkel's bold energy overhaul

2013-08-28 13:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Angela Merkel's "green revolution" risks becoming a victim of its own success. Seduced by generous subsidies, Germans are embracing the ambitious project with such fervor - installing solar panels on church roofs and converting sewage into heat - that instead of benefiting from a rise in green energy, they are straining under the subsidies' cost and from surcharges. Merkel's ambitious experiment to wean Europe's biggest economy off nuclear and fossil fuels is being closely watched around the...

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Rim Fire Continues to Threaten Yosemite National Park

2013-08-25 01:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: The so-called Rim Fire blazing through eastern central California expanded by 50 square miles since Friday and continues to threaten the perimeter of Yosemite National Park. It is now said to be five percent contained as of Saturday, an improvement from two percent containment on Friday. Some backwoods hiking trails and roads leading into the national park have been closed due to the fire, but the Yosemite Valley, which is home to iconic landmarks such El Capitan and the Half Dome rock formations,...

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