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Building Transmission in the Desert: TEP's New Line
2016-02-17 02:44:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Tucson Electric Power shares awesome aerial images and process photos of its new Pinal Central to Tortolita 500kV line. read more
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Deep in Israel desert, shimmering glass mountains
2016-02-03 13:00:59| Beverages - Topix.net
Tiny shards, millions of them, are piled into rolling hills of green and brown. They are 50 feet high and span the length of a few soccer fields.
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This barren desert was once Bolivia's second-largest lake
2016-01-25 04:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Overturned fishing skiffs lie abandoned on the shores of what was once Bolivia's second-largest lake. Beetles dine on bird carcasses and gulls fight for scraps under a glaring sun in what marshes remain. Lake Poopó was officially declared evaporated last month. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people have lost their livelihoods and left the area. High on Bolivia's semi-arid Andean plains at 3,700 meters (more than 12,000 feet) and long subject to climatic whims, the shallow saline lake has essentially...
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Warmer Indian Ocean Could Be Ecological Desert
2016-01-23 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Anslem Silva has fished for four decades from this popular harbor on Sri Lanka's west coast, but for five years now filling his boat has become increasingly difficult. "We seem to be spending more and more time out at sea looking for catch. Where there were fish for decades, now there is very little. It is strange, but all of us have been noticing that," said the 54-year-old fisherman, who operates his own trawler on multi-day trips reaching 100 to 150 kilometres (60 to 90 miles) off the coast....
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This company wants to make billions by pumping water from the Mojave Desert
2016-01-05 08:37:38| Agriculture - Topix.net
California's devastating drought is bad news for just about everyone involved. Except for Scott Slater, the CEO of Cadiz Inc., who has hatched a plan to make billions off of parched Californians by selling them water pumped from the Mojave Desert.
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