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Railroads warn they will miss safety system deadline, cargo shipments at risk
2015-10-20 02:37:46| Railroads - Topix.net
Railroads warn they are on track to miss a Dec. 31 deadline for installing complex new safety technology on trains that carry cargo, and are pushing Congress to extend the deadline or else oil, gasoline and other goods moved by rail could be stopped in their tracks, FuelFix reports. Major U.S. freight railroads, including BNSF , CSX and Norfolk Southern , have said they will shut down many operations on Dec. 31 to comply with the deadline and avoid hefty fines; because railroads would be forced to begin shutting down services weeks earlier, they need a clear signal from Congress before the end of October, Association of American Railroads president Ed Hamberger says.
Addressing Liquidity and Solvency Risk
2015-10-19 20:01:22| IT Services - Topix.net
The impact of the 2008 financial crisis affects not only Sell Side firms - the focus of discussions - but Buy Side and Insurance firms. Dodd Frank Act targets all systemically important firms.
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Larger protected areas in tropics, sub-tropics face higher risk downgrading, downsizing & degazettement
2015-10-19 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and Conservation International, found that larger protected areas, especially those in high population density regions, are more likely to undergo a downgrading, downsizing and degazettement (PADDD) event. Protected areas, like national parks and nature reserves, are areas designated or regulated to achieve specific biodiversity conservation objectives. In parts of the tropics and sub-tropics,...
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China fights deserts spread and puts Mongols way of life at risk
2015-10-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Dust storms and desertification are two of Chinas biggest environmental challenges, and they cant be addressed without dealing with the stressed northern region of Inner Mongolia. Years of intensive agriculture, the ravages of open-pit coal mining, and climate change have depleted the scarce water resources of the already arid territory. Its grasslands are disappearing and lakes are drying up. Chinas response includes the Great Green Wallplanting vast numbers of trees to form a protective belt...
International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research Critique 173: Alcohol and the risk of acute myocardial infarction
2015-10-15 16:12:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
A recent paper presented prospective data from a large population-based cohort from rural Norway, a region with typically-light alcohol consumption and many abstainers who were not ex-heavy drinkers.
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