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Is Amazon ruining dating in Seattle?
2014-05-19 02:20:43| IT Services - Topix.net
Tech consultant/writer and Seattle native Jeff Reifman is having a hard time finding a date in his city.
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Greenpeace: Timber laundering rampant Brazilian Amazon
2014-05-18 10:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A two-year investigation by Greenpeace has revealed the extent of timber laundering in two major Brazilian Amazon states: Pará and Mato Grosso. The report, published last week, suggests that fraud is widespread in the Brazilian timber industry. Loggers are using loopholes and outright deception to game regulations that aim to reduce the environmental impact of timber extraction. "The timber market is fraught with illegality, and predatory logging is destroying the Amazon bit by bit," said the...
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Greenpeace reveals illegal Amazon logging activities
2014-05-17 11:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Greenpeace has revealed the findings of an investigation on timber sourced from the Brazilian Amazon, exposing illegal activities covered up with fake documents and paperwork. Around two-thirds of illegally sourced timber is exported to Europe and the US. According to the organisation, up to 78% of the timber sourced in the Brazilian state of Par is estimated to be illegal, meaning that loggers and sawmills use holes in the system to cover illegal activities with fake paperwork, scams and false...
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Scientists to study Amazon rainforest fate if CO2 levels rise
2014-05-15 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A group of scientists from more than 20 institutions around the world will gauge the impact on the world's largest rainforest if a time comes when the planet has 30 percent more carbon dioxide (CO2) than today, according to a project launched on Wednesday. A large experiment including towers that will pump CO2 into plots of dense forests will be built in a region north of Manaus, in the Brazilian Amazonas state. Sensors and field observation will evaluate the reaction of the trees when subject...
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Amazon hints at Newark distribution center
2014-05-15 00:15:33| IT Services - Topix.net
Amazon.com might soon open a warehouse in Newark, according to a job listing the e-commerce titan has posted on its website.
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