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Powerful storm lashes eastern U.S. snow, arctic cold
2014-03-04 01:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A deadly winter storm hit the U.S. East Coast with freezing rain, snow and near-record cold on Monday, cancelling about 2,900 flights, shutting down Washington and closing schools and local governments. The latest in a series of weather systems to pummel the winter-weary eastern United States, the storm dumped about 4 inches of snow on the U.S. capital by early afternoon as it swept from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast, the National Weather Service said. Brian Hurley, a weather...
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Arctic Oil Still Seen Decades Off as Producers Balk at Costs
2014-02-26 22:05:03| Appliances - Topix.net
From Bloomberg Lundin Petroleum AB , the Swedish explorer focused on Norway, said there won't be any new oil output in the ice-filled waters of the Arctic for at least 15 years because of technical and logistical challenges.
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Wintry week looms as arctic air invades
2014-02-24 02:03:16| Chemicals - Topix.net
After a brief tease of spring, this winter's favorite whipping boy -- a piece of the polar vortex -- returns this week with a punishing blast of frigid air for much of the central and eastern USA.
Arctic Oil Still Seen Decades Away as Producers Balk at Costs
2014-02-24 01:47:05| Appliances - Topix.net
Lundin Petroleum AB , the Swedish explorer focused on Norway , said there won't be any oil production in the ice-filled waters of the Arctic for at least 15 years because of technical and logistical challenges.
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With ice melting, U.S. pushes for limits on fishing in Arctic Ocean
2014-02-22 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: U.S. officials are heading to Greenland for a three-day meeting to persuade other Arctic nations to place a moratorium on high-seas fishing in the Arctic Ocean, where climate change is melting the permanent ice cap and allowing trawlers in for the first time in human history. The United States is proposing an agreement "that would close the international waters of the Arctic Ocean to commercial fishing until there is a good scientific foundation on which to base management of any potential fishing,'...
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