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Brazil water project, long delayed, gets election year boost
2014-02-10 04:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In 2006, then President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, a native of Brazil's historically drought-plagued northeast, pushed through an idea that long-suffering residents of the region had been hearing about for more than a century. At last, he promised, Brazil would channel water to the sun-baked region from the So Francisco, the country's second-longest river. By 2010, he said, water would be pumped over hills and into a 477 kilometer-long network of canals, aqueducts and reservoirs to quench thirsty...
Pro-nuclear candidate Yoichi Masuzoe wins Tokyo's gubernatorial election
2014-02-09 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Yoichi Masuzoe, a former health minister backed by Japan's ruling party, won Tokyo's election for governor on Sunday, defeating two candidates who had promised to end nuclear power. Masuzoe's victory was declared in exit polls on public broadcaster NHK minutes after voting closed. Masuzoe, 65, appeared smiling before cameras and promised to make Tokyo the No 1 city in the world while his supporters shouted "Banzai". The ballot was widely seen as a test for Japan's public opinion on atomic power...
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2 Former Premiers Try to Use Tokyo Election to Rally Public Against Nuclear Power
2014-02-08 03:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Waging an impassioned political campaign, two retired prime ministers, including one of Japans most popular political figures, have tried to turn a local election in Tokyo into what they call Japans first referendum on the future of nuclear power since the accident in Fukushima nearly three years ago. But as the vote on Sunday approaches, polls and political analysts say the two aging leaders have not yet been able to persuade enough voters to back their quixotic bid against nuclear power. Analysts...
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NLRB Announces Plans to Reissue Union Election Rule
2014-02-05 20:08:52| ENR.com: Headline News
Nation's top labor panel says proposed rule will be identical to rule struck down by a U.S. District Court in 2012.
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Greens warn base will sit out election
2014-02-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Environmental groups are warning President Obama that his liberal base might stay home on Election Day if he approves the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Proponents of the $5.4 billion Canada-to-Texas pipeline say their case is buoyed by the State Departments environmental analysis of the project, which was released to great fanfare last week. But critics say approval of the project could sow liberal discontent and hurt Democratic chances in 2014 including a host of contests that will likely decide...
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