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Analysts: Consumer confidence drives auto sales to pre-recession levels
2013-08-02 16:58:23| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
You helped the U.S. auto industry to its best July sales in seven years, according to industry experts and analysts.
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Rising sea levels will seal fate of 316 U.S. cities, study warns
2013-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: A rise in sea levels has already sealed the fate of at least 316 American cities, including Miami and Jacksonville, but if global warming keeps up its current rate through 2100, the number of towns and cities doomed by water could easily go up to 1,400, a chilling new study says. Prior greenhouse gas emissions have already locked in four feet of future sea-level rise that will submerge parts of 316 municipalities, says the paper that was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Insolvency levels 'continue to fall'
2013-08-02 11:47:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The number of people declared insolvent in England and Wales fell by 6.1% in the second quarter of the year compared with the same period a year ago.
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Jatropha Carbon Farming Could Lower Atmospheric CO2 Levels
2013-07-31 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The large-scale planting of jatropha trees in the worlds arid regions could help reduce atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, a new study says. Using computer models and data from plantations in Egypt, India, and Madagascar, a team of German scientists calculated that plantations of the durable, scrubby jatropha which can also be used as a biofuel could capture 17 to 25 tons of carbon dioxide per hectare annually. Jatropha is particularly suited for so-called carbon farming because it can...
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Pollution could cause sea levels to rise and inundate 1,400 American cities
2013-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: A research paper published this week by a respected scientific journal paints a grim portrait of the future of America's coastal cities-- especially here in Florida. The group "Climate Central" of Princeton, New Jersey provides an interactive map that shows the consequences of rising sea levels caused by global warming. Click on either Tampa or St. Petersburg and you can how much of your neighborhood will be underwater from up to ten feet of sea level increase. Most of you reading this will be...
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