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The shale revolution and its unintended side effects
2013-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: "Drill, baby, drill" has been replaced by "Frack, baby, frack." That's supposed to be good for the planet, because fracking - the hydraulic fracturing of rock formations such as shale - releases great dollops of gas, whose carbon content is about half of that of oil. So bring it on. Electricity plants, cars, trucks and furnaces fed by gas should bring down carbon-dioxide emissions, preventing humanity from burning alive as global temperatures rise. Or so we are led to believe. The terms...
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Canada: The other side of the climate story
2013-06-01 10:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Our concerns about climate change have focused on limiting rising emissions from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas, which push carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. We dont focus as much on land-use change, and for a country like Canada, with a vast land base, it is time to take seriously the opportunity to look at forest carbon reserves in Canada and beyond. This theme will be the focus of my Public Salon presentation on June 5 in Vancouver. Earlier this month, a...
Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. Provides $160.4M in Financing for Upper West Side Multifamily Properties
2013-05-29 01:59:00| National Real Estate Investor
Prudential Mortgage Capital Co., the commercial mortgage lending division of Prudential Financial Inc., has provided more than $160 million in acquisition funding for two apartment towers, The Aldyn and The Ashley, on Manhattans Upper West Side. read more
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Fuming over pollution: Air quality near Peace Bridge linked to high asthma rates on West Side
2013-05-26 15:37:40| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Buffalo News: DYouville Porter School is a few blocks from the Peace Bridge. Some 660 students attend the elementary school. A quarter have asthma. Instruction at the school includes reading, writing and, for some pupils, how to use an inhaler. It is very difficult for these kids who are having asthma problems, said Assunta Ventresca, director of health-related services for the Buffalo Public Schools. Asthma is an epidemic on the Lower West Side. The victims, sometimes wheezing and struggling for...
Vacation rentals could put homeowners on the wrong side of the law
2013-05-25 23:04:32| Automakers - Topix.net
The Stagecoach Inn is a licensed bed and breakfast in Cedarburg. The inn's co-owner says competition from unlicensed properties listed online hasn't hurt business.
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