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China data raises doubts over growth

2014-08-13 09:22:28| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

China's latest industrial production and retail sales figures are higher in July from one year ago but the expansion is at a slower pace from the previous month.

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Doubts over ice wall keep Fukushima safe from damaged nuclear reactors

2014-07-13 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: In fading light and just a stone's throw from the most terrifying scenes during Japan's worst nuclear accident, engineers resumed their race against time to defeat the next big threat: thousands of tonnes of irradiated water. If all goes to plan, by next March Fukushima Daiichi's four damaged reactors will be surrounded by an underground frozen wall that will be a barrier between highly toxic water used to cool melted fuel inside reactor basements and clean groundwater flowing in from surrounding...

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Australia: Doubts over benefits from carbon farming credits

2014-06-15 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The Federal Government claims farmers will be the big winners out of its Direct Action Policy, as they stand to directly benefit from the Emissions Reduction Fund. It's set aside $2.55 billion for the Fund, which farmers are encouraged to apply to for carbon farming projects like tree planting, innovative cropping, and capturing methane from effluent ponds. But experts say the lower price for carbon, after the Carbon Tax is abolished, simply won't be worth farmers' efforts. In analysis the...

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