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Steep Challenges for a Chinese Eco-City
2013-02-13 14:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Fifty years ago, during a time of food shortages, Chinas young socialist government singled out a few farm villages as role models for the nation, saying that their high crop yields made them examples that other communities could learn from. Today, facing challenges like runaway urbanization, soaring energy consumption and environmental degradation, China is hoping to establish a different set of paragons. With its cities expected to swell by another 350 million residents in the next 25 years,...
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Airfares' rate of climb not as steep in 2012
2013-01-21 06:24:49| Airlines - Topix.net
Domestic airfares have been climbing steadily since 2009, and there was no letup last year.
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