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Publix contemplating acquisition of Harris Teeter, sources say
2013-03-04 17:23:19| Grocery - Topix.net
Publix Super Markets Inc. may be interested in buying a grocery chain with locations throughout the Southeast.
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Myanmar timber to be exported to EU soon, say exporters
2013-03-04 07:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mizzima: A delegation will arrive from the EU in Myanmar this month to assess the timber industry ahead of signing an agreement to export timber to the EU. Exporters have said that they hope timber exports will be possible by June 2013. Logging truck, Strand Rd., Yangon. (Photo: Mizzima) Bar Bar Cho, General Secretary of the Myanmar Timber Merchants Association (MTMA) told Mizzima that he was certain that over time timber merchants would be able to satisfy the EU requirements. The Myanmar timber and...
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Australia: Climate change a key factor in extreme weather, experts say
2013-03-03 20:37:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WA Today: A few years ago, talking about weather and climate change in the same breath was a cardinal sin for scientists. Now it has become impossible to have a conversation about the weather without discussing wider climate trends, according to researchers who prepared the Australian Climate Commission's latest report. The report, The Angry Summer, says behind the litany of broken heat and rainfall records this year, a clear pattern has now emerged. ''Statistically, there is a one in 500 chance that...
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UK needs 'plan B' for new nuclear power, say MPs
2013-03-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government needs a "plan B" on nuclear power, because of the danger that new reactors will not be built in time to avoid energy shortages and possible blackouts, an influential committee of MPs has warned. The warning follows concerns raised by Alistair Buchanan, the outgoing chief executive of the energy regulator, Ofgem, that the decommissioning of many of the UK's ageing fleet of power stations could sharply increase the risk of shortages within a few years. Already, the ambitions of...
Population growth is threat to other species, poll respondents say
2013-03-01 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Nearly two-thirds of American voters believe that human population growth is driving other animal species to extinction and that if the situation gets worse, society has a "moral responsibility to address the problem," according to new national public opinion poll. A slightly lower percentage of those polled -- 59% -- believes that population growth is an important environmental issue and 54% believe that stabilizing the population will help protect the environment. The survey was conducted...
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