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Firestorm: Fort McMurray Wildfire
2016-05-10 17:25:00| Transmission & Distribution World
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Heres the climate context for the Fort McMurray wildfire
2016-05-07 00:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: An unusually intense May wildfire roared into Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in province history. The flames rode the back of hot, windy weather that will continue through Wednesday and could pick up again this weekend. The wildfire is the latest in a lengthening lineage of early wildfires in the northern reaches of the globe that are indicative of a changing climate. As the planet continues to warm, these types of fires will likely only become...
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Nova Chemical donating funds to fight Fort McMurray wildfires
2016-05-06 18:50:43| Canadian Plastics Headlines
Calgary-based Nova Chemicals Corporation is donating $200,000 to the Canadian Red Cross to help victims of wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta In a May 5 statement, Nova also promised to match employee donations to the Canadian Red Cross of up… The post Nova Chemical donating funds to fight Fort McMurray wildfires appeared first on Canadian Plastics.
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In Fort McMurray, contractors bearing the brunt of oilsands cutbacks
2015-02-03 16:00:24| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
But, for the time being, the heavy equipment operator will keep trying to make a go of it in Fort Mac. "Right now the economy's very, very slow," he said.
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Beyond Fort McMurray, oilpatch country feeling the pinch from low crude
2015-01-20 00:27:51| Energy - Topix.net
If low oil prices stick around much longer, the operations manager at Lac La Biche Transport Ltd. says he will have to layoff workers. Kevin Warawa says business in the town, about 200 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, is down by about a quarter compared to the same time a year ago and oilsands operators that hire his company to haul equipment are pushing for rates to be cut by up to a quarter.
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