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The World Bank has a multibillion-dollar plan to help poor countries fight global warming
2016-04-08 01:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The World Bank is boosting spending to help poorer countries battle global warming and power 150 million homes with renewable energy. The bank released a 59-page climate action plan Thursday designed to help less developed nations meet global warming goals they set last December in Paris. The private-sector arm of the international financial organization plans to increase its $2.3 billion-a-year spending on fighting climate change to $3.5 billion a year by 2020. Officials hope to spur $13...
KC Southern couples new rail yard with multibillion-dollar chemical complex
2015-06-08 21:17:51| Railroads - Topix.net
On Monday, the Kansas City-based railway company announced it reached an agreement with Sasol Chemicals USA LLC for the construction and long-term lease of a storage-in-transit rail yard to support the Houston-based company's new ethane cracker and derivative project in Lake Charles, La. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
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Drought, Climate Change and California's Multibillion-Dollar Problem
2015-04-03 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Two weeks before California Governor Jerry Browns announcement on Wednesday that residents and businesses in the Golden State -- which is withering amid one of its worst droughts in modern history -- would be subjected to unprecedented restrictions on water usage, he issued a blistering attack on those who continue to question fundamental climate science. Such thinking, Brown said during an appearance on NBCs Meet the Press late last month, borders on the immoral, and the Democratic governor...
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OMVS Explores New Innovations in the Multi-Billion-Dollar Trucking and Logistics Market
2015-02-19 18:46:16| Trucking - Topix.net
On the Move Systems Corp. , a technology-based provider of innovative transportation services, is analyzing a possible expansion into logistics trucking based on highly promising growth forecasts. "We are taking a look at the logistics market in different ways," said OMVS CEO Robert Wilson.
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Linn Energy closes on multibillion-dollar sale of Texas, Oklahoma assets
2014-12-16 15:48:55| Chemicals - Topix.net
EnerVest CEO John Walker has seen his Houston firm make a lot of oil and gas deals in recent years. In late November, Linn closed on a deal with Exxon Mobil Corp. for its California assets in South Belridge Field.
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