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Increase in rate of Brazilian Amazon deforestation raises alarm
2015-09-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Figures released this week point to an apparent rise in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon over the last year, an ominous development that one researcher attributed to an increase in cattle ranching aimed at the U.S. market. The newly lost forest, nearly 2,000 square miles, amounts to an area about the size of Delaware. The report was published by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research and is based on satellite data used to monitor day-to-day changes in Amazon forest cover. The figures...
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Housing plan in Mahwah raises concern for the future
2015-09-03 07:51:19| Footwear - Topix.net
Planning Board members at their Aug. 24 meeting peppered an environmental expert with questions about the remediation of contaminants on the property comprising the Apple Ridge Country Club and its possible impact on future homeowners. Kenneth N. Paul, of EcolSciences Inc. in Rockaway, reiterated that Apple Ridge Mahwah LLC, the applicant, was proposing to blend the top 2 feet to 3 feet of soil with clean soil over the entire property to dilute the contaminants and bring them within acceptable state-permitted levels.
Rail car smoldering for 2 weeks raises stink about township leader's business
2015-09-03 01:30:47| Waste Management - Topix.net
A township leader said it's not his fault that his business for weeks has hosted a stinky freight car full of smoldering grain. Advance Newspapers reports that Alpine Township Trustee Ron Cordes is working with the fire department and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality on a solution to the odor, "but at this point I'm not sure what we can do," he said.
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Third Avenue Management Raises Stake in Macerich
2015-08-27 09:09:04| Furniture - Topix.net
Martin Whitman 's Third Avenue Management puts its faith in a company's current balance sheet rather than potential future revenues when making its investments. It's a philosophy that has worked for Third Avenue, which recorded returns of 4.88% last year, 18.84% in 2013 and 27.48% in 2012.
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Cavendish Kinetics Raises $36M, Transforms LTE Smartphones
2015-08-27 08:27:47| rfglobalnet Home Page
Building on the market success of its high performance RF MEMS antenna tuners, Cavendish Kinetics announced recently, that it has completed its final funding round with a strategic raise of $36M, to accelerate the development of its next generation RF components.
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