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U.S. Steel and AK Steel at Risk from Falling Steel Prices
2014-01-27 21:59:00| Steel - Topix.net
Investors turned bullish on higher steel prices for U.S. producers in 2013, helping to spur stocks like US Steel and AK Steel higher during the latter half of the year.
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Utility Extinguishes Risk for Pole-Top Fires
2014-01-27 20:50:00| Transmission & Distribution World
By Steve Torres, Colorado Springs Utilities A wood pole caught on fire in March 2010 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, causing an energized conductor to fall across a major interstate. read more
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'Blame changing landscapes for flood risk, not global warming.'
2014-01-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NGR Guardian: MAJOR flood events occur around the world every year, but with international loss databases documenting increased incidents of flooding, more material loss and greater fatality rates are these events on the increase, and are they getting worse? A new study published in Hydrological Sciences Journal examines the key reasons for increasing frequency and severity of floods; considering whether this is due to improved reporting by the media, an increasing and expanding global population, or whether...
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The Winter Olympics Risk Being Canceled on Account of Global Warming
2014-01-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Softpedia: A new paper authored by researchers working with the University of Waterloo in Canada and the Management Center Innsbruck in Austria warns that the Winter Olympics are threatened by climate change and global warning. The specialists say that, after analyzing several climate models, they found that, thanks to an increase in global average temperatures, just 6 of the cities that have until now housed this celebration will remain cold enough to play host to the Winter Olympics by the end of the century....
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EPA And Industry Fail To Settle Waste Unit Risk Policy Fight
2014-01-23 09:33:18| pollutiononline News Articles
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry groups including cement producers have failed to settle a permit dispute that is testing whether the agency has the authority to require operators of hazardous waste combustion units to conduct risk assessments that can be used to strengthen emissions limits for mercury and other pollutants when renewing the facilities' existing waste and air permits. Negotiations stalled during a meeting in November 2013 between EPA lawyers and cement kiln operators at EPA's Region V offices, according to an 8 January 2014 status report the parties filed with the Environmental Appeals Board (EAB). Litigation will continue on 20 February 2014.
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