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Greenland explores Arctic mineral riches amid fears pristine region
2014-01-05 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: London Mining, a British mineral company, is trying to attract Chinese and other international investors to build a 1.5bn iron ore mine just outside the Arctic Circle in Greenland. The move comes as BP and Shell join others exploring for oil and gas in the pristine waters off Greenland, as concerns grow that the wave of industrialisation in the region will damage the pristine environment. Greenland and the wider Arctic is seen as one of the new frontiers for exploiting mineral wealth, but...
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Regional Insights: Pittsburgh region is one of the least entrepreneurial places
2014-01-05 12:13:32| Food - Topix.net
Companies like Alcoa, H.J. Heinz, Mine Safety Appliances, PPG, U.S. Steel, and Westinghouse didn't move here because of economic development marketing efforts, they were started here by entrepreneurs.
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Collaboration is key this year for region, leaders say
2014-01-02 17:28:24| Grocery - Topix.net
Collaboration. Leaders say it's critical to leverage momentum and help Greater Cincinnati reach its potential as the region is poised to pass Cleveland as Ohio's largest metro economy.
Warming climate could push Amazon region into further poverty
2013-12-31 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: A funny thing happened during Australian climate-change professor Chris Turney's venture to retrace a 1912 research expedition in Antarctica and gauge how climate change has affected the continent: Two weeks into a five-week excursion, Turney's good ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy got trapped in ice. It turns out, global warming notwithstanding, that there's so much ice down under that two ice-breaking vessels sent to rescue the research team cannot reach the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Years...
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Climate-change warning to region
2013-12-28 05:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jamaica Gleaner: The time of good cheer has turned out to be a time of sadness for some of our neighbours in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Fate dealt a cruel blow to many families in the Eastern Caribbean when their loved ones were cruelly swept away in flood waters on Christmas Eve. As the grim picture of the event becomes clearer, it has been reported that more than a dozen lives have been lost, some villages marooned, and thousands are without electricity and water. The tragedy is especially painful as traditional...
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