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Greenpeace activists charged with piracy by Russian authorities

2013-10-02 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Russian authorities have formally charged five Greenpeace activists with piracy, with a further 25 facing similar charges. Kieron Bryan, a freelance videographer from Britain; Ana Paula Alminhana, from Brazil; Dmitri Litvinov, a Swedish-American; Sini Saarela, from Finland; and Roman Dolgov, from Russia were charged with "piracy as part of an organised group" on Wednesday morning, according to Greenpeace. They face up to 15 years in jail each if found guilty. The five were among 30 people from...

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Authorities investigating explosion at Nucor plant in St. James Parish

2013-09-26 01:26:48| Steel - Topix.net

An explosion occurred at the Nucor Corp. plant in St. James Parish near Convent, St. James Parish Sheriff Willy Martin confirmed at 3:30 p.m. Friday.

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Thai provinces hit by floods, authorities say industry safe

2013-09-25 10:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Nine people have died and more than 1 million have been affected by flooding in Thailand, officials said on Wednesday, but authorities offered assurances that floodwaters would not reach central industrial areas and near Bangkok as in 2011. Widespread floods in 2011 killed more than 800 people and caused massive disruption to industry, cutting economic growth that year to just 0.1 percent. Authorities discount the possibility of any similar disruption, but have expressed concern over one industrial...

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La. authorities target illegal inspection stickers

2013-09-17 13:33:39| Waste Management - Topix.net

The state Department of Environmental Quality said Monday that investigators have in the past 10 weeks confiscated more than 200 stickers issued to drivers who didn't have the proper paperwork or who owned vehicles that wouldn't pass an inspection.

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