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Climate Change Is the National Parks' Biggest Challenge
2016-05-25 23:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: To say Teddy Roosevelt was a wise man is an understatement. At the turn of the 20th century, in a time of rapidly increasing industrialization and the rapacious plundering of the natural world, Roosevelt got it. The giant sequoias tucked away in the folds of Californias Sierra Nevada mountains could have been a source for millions of wood planks. Instead, theyre the source of millions of memories and a reflection on what it means to be human, thanks to efforts of conservationists, including...
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Girls Outperform Boys On National Technology And Engineering Test
2016-05-25 14:44:00| Chemical Processing
Girls outpace boys in nearly every category on test administered by the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
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National Grid awards 100m contract for River Humber pipeline project in UK
2016-05-25 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
UK-based National Grid has awarded a 100m contract to Skanska, PORR Bau and A.Hak joint venture (JV) to design and build a replacement gas pipeline within a tunnel, underneath the River Humber.
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United Kingdom: Fracking is a futile betrayal of our national interest
2016-05-24 21:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Drinkers in the Ashfield Country Manor Hotel face a dilemma. There is no other pub in the quiet working village of Kirby Misperton in Ryedale. But the landlord has banned discussion on his premises of the very topic that people most want to talk about, because of the strong feelings it arouses. Those feelings are about to get stronger. In the face of overwhelming local opposition, North Yorkshire county council has authorised fracking operations at Kirby Misperton, and in doing so has breathed...
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UN calls for overhaul of national laws to tackle wildlife crime
2016-05-24 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Governments around the world need to pass national laws outlawing the possession of wildlife and timber that has been illegally harvested or traded elsewhere, a new report by the UNs Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) urges. At present, unlisted but endangered flora and fauna can be legally sold in other nations, even if it was illicitly taken from the countries of origin, due to a lack of coverage in the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites). As the Guardian revealed...
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