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Drought fuels rising tide of Texas water conservation
2014-03-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Texans learned three years ago what exceptional drought possibly aggravated by climate change looks like: 4 million charred acres of land, thousands of burned homes and water supply reservoirs dry or draining fast. As the drought wears on, a culture of water conservation has risen with it, especially in San Antonio and Austin. The drought forced Austin officials to rethink how water is used. In San Antonio, a desire to save water for endangered species had jump-started its conservation movement,...
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Bridge, Mezzanine Lenders See Rising Tide of Deals
2014-01-15 17:58:00| National Real Estate Investor
Five years ago, the capital markets meltdown thinned the herd of players in the bridge and mezzanine niche. read more
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Australia: Tony Abbott's rising tide of inconvenient truths
2013-09-30 02:35:47| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: As Tony Abbott said ad nauseam during the campaign, the 2013 federal election was about three things: the onerous level of public debt, stopping the boats and abolition of the carbon tax. Ignored until after the election was the question of whether the moderate level of debt was a major factor in Australia avoiding the recessionary consequences of the global financial crisis. Then the new government (and its media apologists) segued effortlessly and without explanation into arguing that the deficit...
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Rising tide on Wall Street fails to lift MarineMax's boat
2013-07-23 00:45:30| Mobile Homes - Topix.net
On today's "The Roundup," Su Keenan, Alix Steel and Dominic Chu wrap up the day's top market stories on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart."
The rising red tide with climate change
2013-05-16 13:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: The tattoos on Ashley Cryan's ankles depict a chicken and a pig. Since the days of Captain Cook, sailors have donned the animals' likenesses to help them walk on water and guard against drowning. According to folklore, the animals-which survived shipwrecks more often than humans-had a special power that protected them from succumbing to the sea. Cryan, whose grandfather taught her to sail when she was 11, got her tattoos after surviving a shipwreck. She said they symbolize strength and survival,...
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