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African biodiversity under threat from climate change
2014-07-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche-Welle: Researchers meeting in Cameroon have warned that Africa could lose up to 30 percent of its animal and plant species by the end of the century because of global warming, population growth and unregulated development. It is mid-afternoon in Lom Pangar in Eastern Cameroon. People are busy working, digging holes and cleaning up. Some are cutting down trees in preparation for the construction of a new dam that could generate up to 30 megawatts of hydroelectric power. Nformi Johnson works for one of...
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Hudson concerned about threat from Bakken oil trains
2014-07-27 13:03:10| Railroads - Topix.net
HUDSON: Bill Rich is troubled by the increasing number of tank cars he sees on the Norfolk Southern Corp. rail line in northern Summit County - rail cars that could be carrying highly volatile Bakkan crude oil.
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Groups See Competitive Threat In Tyson Foods' Deal for Hillshire
2014-07-26 08:23:46| Food - Topix.net
A coalition of 82 farm, consumer and community groups urged the U.S. Justice Department to extend its antitrust division's review of Tyson Foods Inc.'s $8.55 billion deal to acquire Hillshire Brands Co.
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Antarctic fur seals, once hunted to near extinction, now face climate threat
2014-07-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Climate change appears to be pulling the ecological rug out from under a once-stable population of Antarctic fur seals. Their numbers on a remote island in the South Atlantic are falling, even though an increasing proportion of survivors are displaying greater genetic variation a trait generally thought to boost an organism's ability to adapt to environmental stress. That's the pattern a pair of scientists has detected in a new study of the seal population, which researchers have been scrutinizing...
PepsiCo CEO on the threat of fresh: Indra Nooyi plots mastery of muted US retail market
2014-07-24 22:55:41| Beverages - Topix.net
New products gallery: Gen Mills innovates to keep up with trends, Mamma Chia's 'cleaner energy', CVS makes healthy snacks affordable Trader Joe's move to cut out the middlemen in dairy supply chain left key vendor & broker 'high and dry', says lawsuit PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi says the company is positioning itself as the highest growth food and ... (more)
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