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Russia: In praise of the Arctic 30
2013-10-24 23:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The first claim from the Russian authorities back in September, when FSB agents boarded the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, was that it contained high explosives and that the activists were planning a terrorist attack. A week later, despite Vladimir Putin admitting it was obvious they weren't pirates, the 28 activists who were part of a protest at oil drilling in the Arctic, along with two journalist observers held with them, were denied bail by the court in Murmansk while investigations into piracy...
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Russia Reduces Charges Against Greenpeace Activists, Journalists
2013-10-24 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Piracy charges against 30 people who were aboard a Greenpeace ship protesting Arctic drilling have been reduced by Russian authorities to hooliganism, the head of the Investigative Committee announced Wednesday. The Russian coast guard seized the Arctic Sunrise after two activists attempted to climb onto an oil rig in the Pechora Sea on Sept. 19, and later towed the ship to Murmansk. Greenpeace said the protesters expected to face perhaps 15 days in Russian custody, but investigators charged all...
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Russia Floats Plan for Nuclear Power Plants at Sea
2013-10-23 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Back in the early 1970s, U.S. utility companies, frustrated with growing public unease about nuclear power that made it difficult for them to find sites for new plants, came up with a wild brainstorm. Why not put full-sized nuclear power plants on barges and position them offshore, where they wouldn't be in anyone's backyard, unless you counted fish? The scheme never took off, according to a recent article by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission historian Thomas Wellock. Financing proved to be as...
ManpowerGroup: Russia Must Develop Human Capital to Drive Economic Growth
2013-10-23 07:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
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Russia Food and Drink Report Q4 2013
2013-10-23 02:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
Russia Food and Drink Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, food and drink associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts a
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