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Asia shares dip as US shutdown looms
2013-09-30 05:59:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Asian markets fall on fears that the US may be heading for a shutdown of government services amid the continuing political stalemate.
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Melting Arctic Permafrost Looms as Major Factor in Warming, Climate Change
2013-09-28 00:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wunderground: A heavyweight boxer in the climate change match is missing from the fifth climate assessment report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Friday. Permafrost, which is frozen ground that doesn't melt during the summer, covers 24 percent of the land in the northern hemisphere. It also stores approximately 1.5 trillion tons of carbon twice the amount of carbon currently in the atmosphere. When the organic matter that makes up permafrost thaws, the carbon it contains...
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High-Stakes Verdict Looms in Paint Case
2013-09-26 08:30:13| Chemicals - Topix.net
Attorneys for five former producers of lead-based paint and 10 California jurisdictions have rested their cases to end a landmark trial 13 years in the making and potentially worth $2 billion.
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'Big Oil' suit looms over flood board nominations
2013-09-14 05:35:56| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Garret Graves made the statement after a meeting of an independent panel assembled to nominate members of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East.
Australia: World's largest carbon capture begins even as Abbott tax repeal looms
2013-09-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Prime minister-elect Tony Abbott has pledged to repeal the country's carbon tax to boost economic competitiveness, so it is ironic that Australia is about to host the world's most ambitious project for capturing carbon dioxide and storing it underground. Starting in 2014/15, Chevron will begin injecting 120 million tonnes of pressurised supercritical carbon dioxide 2.5 kilometres underground as part of its giant Gorgon LNG project. Raw gas from the Gorgon field contains about 14 per cent carbon...
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