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Residents in three provinces stay in dark as efforts continue to restore power
2013-12-27 16:41:02| Telecom - Topix.net
Frustrations were mounting Thursday as thousands of people in three provinces waited for their power to be restored after last weekend's vicious ice storm.
China send air pollution inspection teams to provinces
2013-10-24 06:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's Environment Ministry said on Thursday it will send inspection teams to provinces and cities most seriously affected by smog to ensure rules on fighting air pollution are being enforced. Air quality in cities is of increasing concern to China's stability-obsessed leaders, anxious to douse potential unrest as a more affluent urban population turns against a growth-at-all-costs economic model that has poisoned much of the country's air, water and soil. China's smog crisis was thrown back...
Alberta bitumen B.C.-bound one way or another, provinces agree
2013-10-17 10:20:04| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Ground shots showing the bitumen flow lines from a SAGD well pad to the Central Processing Facility at Nexen's Long Lake Phase 1 integrated oilsands facility in north eastern Alberta.
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Thai provinces hit by floods, authorities say industry safe
2013-09-25 10:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Nine people have died and more than 1 million have been affected by flooding in Thailand, officials said on Wednesday, but authorities offered assurances that floodwaters would not reach central industrial areas and near Bangkok as in 2011. Widespread floods in 2011 killed more than 800 people and caused massive disruption to industry, cutting economic growth that year to just 0.1 percent. Authorities discount the possibility of any similar disruption, but have expressed concern over one industrial...
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China's rich provinces outsource emissions to less developed areas
2013-06-11 10:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Rich coastal provinces of China are outsourcing their greenhouse gas emissions by importing goods from less developed provinces, according to scientists. The practice makes it far less likely that China - the world's biggest emitter - will reach its climate goals, the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said. "Recent studies have shown that the high standard of living enjoyed by people in the richest countries often come at the expense of CO2 emissions produced...
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