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New curb ramp helps Parkrose students access community center
2013-03-04 19:47:09| PortlandOnline
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Cattle Futures Rise as Snowstorm May Curb Animal Weights
2013-02-25 03:58:00| Beef
Bloomberg Business Week Cattle rose for the first time this week on speculation that a winter storm sweeping across the U.S. may reduce animal weights, while beef exports jumped. Hogs fell, capping the longest decline since October 2008. read more
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EUs Attempt to Curb Carbon Emissions Limps On
2013-02-23 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The European Union's failing carbon market has been thrown a lifeline by the European Parliament's Environment Committee. It has backed the Commission's plan to prop up the price of a ton of carbon by withdrawing an oversupply of credits from the market. Carbon trading is one of the major EU policies designed to combat climate change. But a combination of successful lobbying by industry bodies, political interference and lack of economic growth has brought the scheme close to collapse, so that...
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Boxer Introduces Bill to Curb Climate Change
2013-02-14 23:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KQED: President Obama this week urged Congress to act on climate change. Thursday, California Senator Barbara Boxer answered that call, with a new bill to curb carbon pollution. Senator Boxers bill would charge a fee for carbon emissions, starting at $20 a ton, and rising over the next decade. "The science is telling us that we cant waste any more time, and the weather is showing us that we cant waste any more time," Boxer said. The revenue generatedpotentially more than a trillion dollars--would...
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Americans Should Adopt European Work Model To Curb Climate Change
2013-02-06 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Americans could better pull their weight in reducing global climate change by shifting to a Western European work model, according to a new study by the liberal think tank Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR). Adopting such a policy -- which would involve working fewer hours and enjoying longer vacations -- would cut carbon emissions to such an extent that temperature increases would be half their projected amount by 2100, the organization said in its report. The calculation is simple:...
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