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Proposal to Protect Antarctic Waters Is Scaled Back

2013-09-11 02:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: A proposal by the United States and New Zealand to create a huge ocean reserve in Antarctic waters has been sharply reduced in scale after opposition from Russia and other nations with large fishing industries. Environmentalists warned that the ambitious project was being badly undermined. The Ross Sea marine protected area that the two governments proposed last year was to have set aside about 875,000 square miles of the Southern Ocean where commercial fishing would be sharply limited. The area's...

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Cuadrilla: Fracking Scaled Back In Balcome As Critics Attack 'Mob Rule' By Protesters

2013-08-17 03:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: Fracking firm Cuadrilla has "scaled back" its controversial drilling in the West Sussex countryside in the face of fierce protests. Critics said the company had "caved to mob rule" after activists threatened direct action to disrupt the process. On Friday night, Sussex Police said the operation had cost the cash-strapped force nearly 750,000. And the RSPB joined the debate, lodging a complaint with Cuadrilla about its operation near Blackpool. Up to 1,000 activists are due to join the protest...

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Fonterra offer scaled back to 79% of 25%

2013-05-27 03:48:45| Food - Topix.net

Fonterra Co-operative Group today confirmed that farmer shareholders offered to sell 75,223,742 economic rights of Wet Shares in this month's Supply Offer, amounting to a total value of $595,772,036.64. The high level of demand means the Offer will be scaled.

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Warsash Maritime Academy set to launch new scaled container ship model

2013-05-14 01:00:00| Ship Technology

UK-based maritime trainer, Warsash Maritime Academy (WMA), will unveil a new scaled container ship model to extend its training capability for seafaring pilots, masters and ships officers.

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