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United Kingdom: Productivity plan is death knell for zero-carbon homes, say campaigners
2015-07-10 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The governments sweeping review of how to improve productivity across a range of areas, including planning and higher education, has been criticised by campaigners as the death knell for zero-carbon homes. Energy conservationists are angry at announcements in the productivity paper released on Friday, which drops plans for higher on-site energy efficiency, as well as a separate target for zero-carbon emissions for non-domestic buildings by 2019. The productivity paper is the product of two...
Russia and China's Natural Gas Deals Are a Death Knell for Canada's LNG Ambitions
2014-12-06 20:43:15| Grocery - Topix.net
In recent years, a number of Asian companies have been betting that Canada will be able to export cheap liquefied natural gas from its west coast. These big international players include PetroChina, Mitsubishi, CNOOC, and, until December 3, Malaysian state-owned Petronas.
Intel's 800Gbps optical cable could be copper's death knell
2014-03-11 19:55:21| InfoWorld: Top News
For years now, pundits and industry figures alike have been predicting the demise of copper as an interconnection technology in the data center.
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Australia: Industry warns loss of Triabunna woodchip mill will be forestry death knell
2013-12-04 11:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A signatory to Tasmania's forest peace deal is warning the historic deal could be on shaky ground now that the former Gunns woodchip mill at Triabunna will never reopen. The Tasmanian Forest Agreement (TFA) was signed by forestry and green groups with the understanding the mill would remain in the industry. The mill's owners, millionaire environmentalists Graeme Wood and Jan Cameron, have announced plans to convert it into a tourist attraction. The Forest Industries Association's chief executive...
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Study: Climate change a death knell for most Californian fish
2013-06-01 00:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Cold-water-loving fish will find California`s rivers and streams to be increasingly inhospitable - and deadly. A study published in the online journal PLOS ONE finds that rising water temperatures may drive many of the state`s native species extinct, while helping invasive fish flourish. From the study: Most native fishes will suffer population declines and become more restricted in their distributions; some will likely be driven to extinction. Fishes requiring cold water [less than 72 degrees]...