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The next big turning point in the net neutrality debate
2014-12-30 19:51:59| Telecom - Topix.net
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler met with leaders of New York tech start-ups last week to discuss net neutrality; credit: Gigi Sohn via Twitter . In recent weeks, momentum seems to have been building at the Federal Communications Commission for aggressive net neutrality rules similar to the kind endorsed by President Obama in November.
Turning point for coal? Japanese trading firms snap up coal assets
2014-12-22 00:30:28| Chemicals - Topix.net
Only a few months ago, a potential buyer said Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp was prepared to sell a costly stake in a Canadian coal mine for as little as $1. But a flurry of acquisitions of high-quality coal assets by Japanese firms in recent weeks signals that some trading houses at least are betting a depressed coal market where prices have halved in three years may be bottoming out.
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Turning point for coal? Japanese trading firms snap up coal assets
2014-12-21 23:40:31| Grocery - Topix.net
Only a few months ago, a potential buyer said Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp was prepared to sell a costly stake in a Canadian coal mine for as little as $1. But a flurry of acquisitions of high-quality coal assets by Japanese firms in recent weeks signals that some trading houses at least are betting a depressed coal market where prices have halved in three years may be bottoming out.
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Turning point for coal? Japanese trading firms snap up coal assets
2014-12-21 23:27:04| Food - Topix.net
Only a few months ago, a potential buyer said Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp was prepared to sell a costly stake in a Canadian coal mine for as little as $1. But a flurry of acquisitions of high-quality coal assets by Japanese firms in recent weeks signals that some trading houses at least are betting a depressed coal market where prices have halved in three years may be bottoming out.
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Turning point for Peru's forests? Norway and Germany put muscle and money behind ambitious agreement
2014-09-24 22:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: From the Andes to the Amazon, Peru houses some of the world's most spectacular forests. Proud and culturally-diverse indigenous tribes inhabit the interiors of the Peruvian Amazon, including some that have chosen little contact with the outside world. And even as scientists have identified tens-of-thousands of species that make their homes from the leaf litter to the canopy, many thousands more remain undiscovered and nameless. Yet Peru's forests are facing a barrage of threats: unscrupulous oil...