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Scams, ignorance burn foreign buyers of Detroit properties

2015-12-09 19:12:50| Real Estate - Topix.net

Buying a property in Detroit a few years ago seemed like a steal for overseas investors - as little as a few thousand dollars would get them a house in a city that had hit rock bottom and could only see better times. Yet the promise turned into a nightmare for many and stories of properties vandalized, ransacked, left untended and un-rentable have sapped the interest from overseas buyers, real estate brokers say.

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Burn ban in effect for Franklin County

2015-12-03 23:40:02| Waste Management - Topix.net

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has placed a ban on wood burning in Franklin County because of air quality concerns. The ban means residential wood burning activities are restricted to certified or exempt stoves only.

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Australia: Mine operator 'was warned' not to burn off before starting Kakadu bushfire

2015-10-20 03:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: A mining company defied warnings from the authorities and went ahead with a controlled burn in Kakadu national park, which then got out of control, the Northern Territory fire service has said. A federal investigation is currently underway into a bushfire which burned through 200 sq km of the Kakadu national park and threatened heritage-listed and culturally significant sites. The fire began on the Ranger project site on 1 October. The operators of the Ranger uranium mine, Energy Resources...

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Canada's frozen north feels financial burn of global warming

2015-10-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Climate change is taking a heavy economic toll on Canada's far north, with buildings collapsing as melting permafrost destroys foundations, rivers running low and wildfires all a drain on the region's limited finances, senior government officials said. A sprawling area spanning the Arctic Circle with a population of less than 50,000, Canada's Northwest Territories has spent more than $140 million in the last two years responding to problems linked to global warming, the territory's finance minister...

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