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Lima climate change talks avert a disaster
2014-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Standard: "It is so decided,' the Peruvian environment minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidalsaid as his gavel hit the table and the torturous 13 days of UN climate change negotiations ended with 196 countries adopting the document 'Lima Call to Climate Action' at around 1 am on Sunday morning. Several hours of closed door negotiations led by the hosts late on Saturday night brought about a compromise, rescuing the talks from the brink of disaster. However eventually, nothing much had been gained and nothing substantial...
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Capping warming at 2 C not enough to avert disaster, experts warn
2014-11-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Scientists, environmentalists and world leaders alike have generally agreed that capping Earths temperature rise at 2 degrees Celsius would prevent the worst effects of climate change -- a cut-off touted again in the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). But many experts in the field, including former IPCC leaders, have said that even if global warming is kept to that limit, such a rise could nevertheless devastate the environment and endanger humanity -- the...
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UPS Seeks to Avert Holiday Shipping Crunch With Mobile Villages
2014-09-20 09:25:57| Air Courier - Topix.net
United Parcel Service Inc., working to prevent a repeat of 2013's holiday crunch, plans to open 14 temporary shipping facilities it calls "mobile distribution center villages" to help expedite deliveries. The groups of modular structures -- similar to portable school buildings, pieced together in parking lots with dozens of bays that UPS trucks back up to -- are part of $500 million in capital spending being expedited for the seasonal holiday peak.
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Researchers cannibalize old car tires to avert the lithium-ion battery crisis
2014-09-01 14:47:36| Extremetech
Lithium-ion batteries require a lot of graphite for anode material, and the cost of this material keeps going up. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory may have found a way to use old tires as the perfect graphite alternative to keep costs down and improve battery efficiency.
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'Community banks' to avert debt trap
2014-07-28 01:05:34| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The best credit unions should be empowered to offer short-term loans that are cheaper than those offered by payday lenders, according to a report from a think tank.
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