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Huge Swath Amazon Preserved in Record-Setting Deal
2014-05-26 20:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo: On May 21, the Brazilian government, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and partners announced the creation of a $215 million fund to ensure long-term protection of the world's largest network of protected areas 150 million acres of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. It's not often as conservationists that we get to celebrate such a big win. I've been working in the Amazon for 25 years originally studying the ecology and behavior of spider monkeys but not until today have I been able to claim such...
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Will Michael Kors Finish Off Fiscal 2014 With Another Record-Setting Quarter?
2014-05-24 17:38:53| Jewelry - Topix.net
The company has just announced that it will release its fourth-quarter earnings on May 28 and the current expectations call for its fourth record-setting quarter of the fiscal year.
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Germany Generates Record-Setting 74% of Energy From Renewables
2014-05-14 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Germany remains one of the best examples around the world for countries, regions and communities with dreams of amping up their renewable energy generation. The country on Sunday set a record by generating 74 percent of energy from renewable sources, according to Renewables International. The news follows a record-setting first quarter for the country, with renewables meeting 27 percent of demand. Renewable generators produced 40.2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity during this year`s first...
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Labelexpo reports record-setting numbers
2013-10-03 07:00:00| Label and Narrow Web Breaking News
The show covered seven of Brussels Expos exhibition halls for the first time and attracted 31,795 visitors.
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Just how extreme was Colorados record-setting rainfall?
2013-09-17 08:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: The torrential rainfall that inundated Colorado for the better part of a week has finally cleared, leaving eight confirmed dead and 1,600 destroyed homes in its wake (see images from the initial flooding here). Yesterday, meteorologist Robert Henson told Climate Central, the city of Boulder officially set the record for its rainiest year in recorded history. Five days in the past week set individual rainfall records, while the 9.08 inches that fell on Sept. 12 shattered the previous single-day...
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