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World's Largest Coal Company Plans Billion-Dollar Solar Project in India
2014-09-25 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Gevra mine, operated by Coal India Limited Continuing its push to increase investment in renewable energy, Indias energy ministry is working with the state-controlled coal mining company Coal India Limited -- the largest coal mining operation in the world -- to install solar power projects worth $1.2 billion. The company is in the process of selecting sites for solar plants, which are expected to have a combined total energy-generating capacity of 1,000 megawatts, the Times of India reports. India...
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Memphis' largest public companies: 19 - 10
2014-09-25 16:32:41| Air Courier - Topix.net
In the Sept. 19 print edition of Memphis Business Journal, The List was on the top 50 public companies in Memphis as ranked by total local employment.
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President Obama Makes History By Establishing Worlds Largest Ocean Reserve
2014-09-25 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Earth Justice: The White House announced today that President Barack Obama has decided to create the largest marine sanctuary on the planet through the use of executive action. The move will expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument to 490,000 square miles, six times larger than it currently is, and seal it off from commercial fishing and resource extraction activities. The presidents decision is a bold move that will significantly strengthen protections for deep-sea coral reefs and marine...
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U.S. Creates Largest Protected Area in the World, 3X Larger Than California
2014-09-25 04:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: NEW YORK-The Obama administration announced late Wednesday that it is creating the largest marine reserve in the world by expanding an existing monument around seven U.S.-controlled islands and atolls in the central Pacific. The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument will now be nearly 490,000 square miles, nearly three times the size of California and six times larger than its previous size. Commercial fishing, dumping, and mining will be prohibited in the reserve, but recreational fishing...
Obama to designate world's largest marine sanctuary in the Pacific
2014-09-25 02:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama on Thursday will designate the largest marine sanctuary in the world in an area of the Pacific Ocean that will be off-limits to commercial fishing and deep-sea mining, the White House said on Wednesday. Obama will sign a proclamation that increases the size of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument by six-fold to 490,000 square miles (1.27 million sq km/370,000 sq nautical miles). The White House said in a statement the area is "of particular interest because...
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