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With ice melting, U.S. pushes for limits on fishing in Arctic Ocean

2014-02-22 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: U.S. officials are heading to Greenland for a three-day meeting to persuade other Arctic nations to place a moratorium on high-seas fishing in the Arctic Ocean, where climate change is melting the permanent ice cap and allowing trawlers in for the first time in human history. The United States is proposing an agreement "that would close the international waters of the Arctic Ocean to commercial fishing until there is a good scientific foundation on which to base management of any potential fishing,'...

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Commodity groups launch next attack on U.S. position limits rule

2014-02-11 01:40:55| Food - Topix.net

A group of commodity firms came out against a new U.S. rule to curb market speculation in a letter on Monday, after banks successfully shot down an earlier version of the position limits rule in court.

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Pushing the limits of technology

2014-02-06 20:31:00| Transmission & Distribution World

As a market leader in generator circuit breaker technology, ABB has a global installed base of more than 7,000 units Generator circuit breakers (GCBs) are now widely used in power plants for the connection between the generator and main transformer. In the event of a short circuit, equipment damage can be reduced or even prevented by using a GCB. If faulty currents are not interrupted quickly, the transformer and generator are likely to be damaged and inoperative for weeks, or even up to a year. read more

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