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Coal exports fuel climate change woes
2013-04-25 10:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Portland Tribune: My greenhouse is covered with a thin plastic film. A few molecules of plastic are all it takes to make it 30 degrees Fahrenheit warmer inside than out. When coal, gasoline and natural gas are burned, they produce carbon dioxide that traps heat just like the plastic film of my greenhouse. Green plants recycle carbon dioxide, but they can't keep up with the amount that we put out. Two hundred years ago, atmospheric CO2 levels were 280 parts-per-million; now they're more than 395 ppm. Every year...
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Shrinking Exports Hamper China's Manufacturing Sector
2013-04-25 09:19:15| Logistics - Topix.net
Shrinking new export orders were a prime reason for slowing manufacturing growth in China in April, according to preliminary data from HSBC.
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Exploring Prospects for U.S. Coal Exports to China
2013-04-24 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: The United States and China are the worlds two largest economies. They are also the two largest producers and consumers of coal, and the largest emitters of carbon dioxide. In recent years, however, their paths on coal have started to diverge. Over the last few years, coal consumption has dropped dramatically in the United States, mainly due to low natural gas prices. In response to weak domestic demand, the U.S. coal industry has been rushing to find its way out to the international market....
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PAKISTAN: Textile and clothing exports up 7%
2013-04-24 17:55:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Pakistan's textile and clothing exports increased by 7% to US$9.63bn in the nine months from July through March 2013, supported by a waiver in EU import duties.
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Australian coal exports are not needed: Greenpeace steps in to halt coal
2013-04-24 09:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenpeace: Greenpeace has campaigned against the expansion of coal exports from Queensland, through the Great Barrier Reef, using every legitimate means we can to stop them going ahead. Weve made detailed submissions, weve triggered Departmental inquiries, weve used Freedom of Information to expose holes in assessments, weve helped 25,000 people make submissions to processes, weve published full page advertisements and weve written large on a beach our call to protect the Reef from coal. All to no...
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