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Commodity boom extracting increasingly heavy toll on Amazon forests
2015-01-06 13:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A commodity boom has helped pull millions out of poverty across South America over the past decade. It has also unleashed a new scramble for oil, minerals and cropland that is accelerating deforestation and fuelling a new wave of land conflicts from Colombia to Chile. Now, as prices for oil and other commodities slide, economists and environmental researchers warn that the loss of forest cover may be hastened, leading to new clashes as governments in the region try to maintain growth rates and...
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Ohio's oil and gas boom saw highs, lows in 2014
2015-01-05 11:36:06| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
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Plunging Oil Prices Trigger Economic Downturn in Fracking Boom Town
2015-01-03 16:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: When fracking and horizontal drilling made the oil embedded in North Dakotas underground Bakken shale formation accessible for extraction, it touched off something akin to a gold rush in the state. Oil production has grown 600 percent in the last decade. Small towns, called man camps, have sprouted with growing populations of oil field workers, bringing both increased economic activity and employment and increased crime and social problems such as sexual assaults. But plummeting oil prices...
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Big winners in China's stock market boom
2015-01-01 10:46:10| IT Services - Topix.net
Alibaba Group's U.S. stock offering was a wakeup call about an emerging wave of technology giants in China's state-dominated economy. Until now, Chinese companies that made a splash in global stock markets were state-owned banks and oil companies.
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2014 Brought Boom And Bust For Area Businesses
2015-01-01 08:33:32| Food - Topix.net
Heading into the new year, many local business leaders are reflecting on 2014 which brought major change to the area. Several companies saw the close of 2014 bring a permanent close to their businesses as well.
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