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United Kingdom: The battle of Balcombe: West Sussex town is new front line in fracking debate
2013-08-25 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The people of Balcombe in West Sussex have plenty to thank Britains archaic land-owning system for. Sitting in the garden of Colette Randall, an anti-fracking protester who lives a few hundred yards from the drill site, there is nothing to see but trees, nothing to hear but birdsong. The owner of the Balcombe Estate boasts of the magnificent, airy wildlife habitat with beautiful, mature specimens of trees which his familys management of local forests has produced over the past 60 years, and...
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Ford Takes On Toyota and the Yen in the Battle for Global Domination
2013-08-25 17:35:54| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
In what some may consider a strange move, the Japanese government has purposefully devalued the yen -- enough to cause the currency to lose 20% of its value against the dollar over the past year.
Bayonne family faces uphill battle after man breaks neck in motorcycle accident
2013-08-23 00:11:06| Automakers - Topix.net
At 6 feet, 6 inches, with long locks, Roger Hahn is an imposing figure, even as he sits back on a large brown recliner wearing a neck brace after spinal surgery.
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Foes of Obama climate policy prepare battle over cost of carbon
2013-08-21 00:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Three months ago, the Obama administration made a little-noticed but potentially pivotal move in the stepped-up fight against climate change: it boosted the U.S. government's official estimate of the future economic damage caused by carbon pollution. After its first review, a panel of technical experts from 11 government agencies raised the so-called "social cost of carbon," known as SCC. The measure is used by many arms of the U.S. government to determine the financial benefits of new regulations...
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United Kingdom: Fracking: the Battle of Balcombe is far from over
2013-08-20 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: What do bloody clashes on the streets of Cairo have in common with anti-fracking protests against the Cuadrilla exploration rig in rural West Sussex? At a stretch, what links the Battle of Balcombe, which so outrages Tory Fleet Street, with harassment of the Guardian over Edward Snowden's data-mining disclosures? In terms of substance, not a lot connects a constitutional battle for the Egyptian presidency, an environmental tussle in a prosperous corner of Britain and a debate over national security,...
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