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Rush for new oil & gas sources pushing us towards extreme actions
2014-03-27 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For almost all our lives, many in North America have lived in a culture that affirmed a belief in the limitless and uncomplicated production of oil and gas. In the US, the land of plenty, and Canada, the land of vast reserves, oil lay under the ground waiting to be discovered. Network television shows such as The Beverly Hillbillies reinforced a naive confidence that our birthright as North Americans included ready access to cheap, plentiful oil and gas. Like Jed Clampett, the hillbilly who got...
NZ Telecom readies 4G launch, but steers users towards WiFi
2013-11-11 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
New Zealand incumbent wants customers to 'dive in' to 4G, but aims to protect them from bill shock with data monitoring app and alternative WiFi access.
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Waterman tells sugar industries to be sensitive towards rivers
2013-09-30 08:39:07| Sugar Industry News
LUCKNOW: Sugarcane farming and sugar industries are a big water guzzler, so they need to be more sensitive towards groundwater recharge and conservation, said activist Rajendra Singh. Singh, also known as Waterman of India, was speaking on the second day of 72nd annual convention of The Sugar Technologists' Association of India (STAI) at Indira Gandhi Pratisthan here on Friday.
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Poland to get dirtier as it leans towards lignite coal
2013-08-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Poland, one of the heaviest polluters in Europe, will become even dirtier now that its shale gas ambitions have faded and it turns to cheap domestic lignite coal to secure its energy supply. Poland already relies on coal to produce more than 90 percent of its electricity and is home to the European installation that emits the most carbon dioxide - utility PGE's lignite power plant in Belchatow. Its choice of fuel now could determine its energy and environmental situation for decades to come, given...
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The Carpathians: Integrating Nature and Society Towards Sustainability
2013-04-23 06:54:54| Springer Environmental Sciences titles
series:Environmental ScienceThe Carpathians are a distinct mountain chain in the core of Central and Eastern Europe holding valuable biological resources and a rich cultural heritage. The last twenty years have witnessed an increasing awareness of the Carpathians value for European society and strengthened research cooperation in the region, especially after the enlargement of the European Union in 2004 and 2007.This ...
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