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Patriot Coal seeks to cut retirees' benefits
2013-03-15 17:17:27| Energy - Topix.net
Patriot Coal Corp. has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to modify collective bargaining agreements with the United Mine Workers of America, allowing the coal company to cut health care coverage for retired miners.
Salt marsh restoration could bring carbon benefits
2013-03-15 17:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Plane tEarth: Allowing farmland that's been reclaimed from the sea to flood and turn back into salt marsh could make it absorb lots of carbon from the atmosphere, a new study suggests, though the transformation will take many years to complete. Breaching the sea defences at Tollesbury in 1995. Scientists looked at one of the oldest such places in the UK, Tollesbury in Essex. Originally a salt marsh, the site was claimed for farming in the late 18th century, but eventually relinquished in 1995 when the bank separating...
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VIDEO: Who do you think deserves benefits?
2013-03-15 12:54:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Major changes to the welfare system are due to take effect next month and there is growing concern over the impact the reforms will have on peoples lives.
AUDIO: Benefits testing 'should fund growth'
2013-03-14 11:33:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
John Longworth, director general of the BCC, told Today business presenter Simon Jack that "the government needs to be as interested in stimulating growth as they are in deficit reduction".
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Electrically-efficient biofuels: the benefits and drawbacks
2013-03-14 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Despite biofuels promising to be more environmentally-friendly, critics have condemned their efficiency, labelling the technology too immature to be relied upon. By bypassing photosynthesis and using electricity, electrofuels could provide the requis
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