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Japan's CO2 emissions hit second-highest on record
2015-04-14 07:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Japan's greenhouse-gas emissions rose to the second-highest on record in the year ended March 2014, revised government figures showed on Tuesday, reflecting a rise in coal-fired power after the indefinite closure of nuclear power plants. Emissions rose 1.2 percent to 1.408 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent from a year earlier, according to the revised data published by the Ministry of Environment. That was up 0.8 percent from 2005 and up 10.8 percent from 1990. That compares...
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Dry, warm winter leaves Western US snowpack at record low levels
2015-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Meager precipitation and a premature spring thaw caused by unusually mild temperatures last month have left the U.S. Western mountain snowpack, a key source of fresh surface water for the region, at record low levels, the government reported on Friday. Melting of winter snows began much earlier than usual this year, from the Sierra Nevada range in California to the lower elevations of Colorado's Rockies, leaving much of the Western snowpack greatly diminished or gone by early April, when it is...
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Research: Samsung semiconductor capex to reach record high in 2015
2015-04-13 11:10:09| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Semiconductor capital spending by Samsung Electronics is expected to reach an all-time high of US$15 billion in 2015, making the company's capex the world's highest in the semiconductor industry for the sixth straight year since 2010, according to an estimate of Digitimes Research. Meanwhile, SK Hynix's capex is expected to stay flat at US$5.1 billion in 2015 as compared to the previous year.
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Airports report record passengers
2015-04-13 10:51:58| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Rival airports Heathrow and Gatwick - both wanting a new runway - report record passenger numbers for March.
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Online shopping drives record van sales
2015-04-13 01:04:57| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The popularity of online shopping has driven van sales in the UK to a record high.
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