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Indonesia to weaken peatland protection to support plantations
2015-01-08 22:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Indonesian Ministry of the Environment and Forestry has announced it will further hobble its peatlands protection law to allow plantations to continue operating on a business as usual basis. Indonesian law number 71/2014 on the protection of peatland ecosystems was passed late last year amid protests by both environmental groups who felt the law did not do enough, and industry activists who claim the law will significantly harm their business and the Indonesian economy. At the center of...
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Warming of Indian Ocean may weaken monsoon: Study
2014-10-02 18:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times Of India: A recently published study says the Indian Ocean has been warming consistently for over a century and at a faster rate than any other region of tropical oceans - and this may weaken the monsoon. The study by scientists from Pune's Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Sorbonne University in Paris and Pune's Fergusson College found the warming of the Indian Ocean has been a major contributor to the total global sea surface warming, which may have long-term effects on the climate such...
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Julio continues to weaken far north of Hawaii
2014-08-15 06:57:54| Airlines - Topix.net
Julio remains a tropical storm Thursday afternoon as it continues to churn far north of the Hawaiian Islands, Central Pacific Hurricane Center forecasters said Thursday morning.
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California's water conservation could weaken utilities' credit
2014-07-18 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California's strict new regulations for water conservation could have the unintended consequence of hurting the credit quality of water utilities in the drought-stricken state. Regulators on Tuesday passed new measures to limit outdoor water use in an increasingly desperate effort to conserve. On Thursday, Moody's Investor Service warned that a significant drop in water sales could weaken the credit quality of some water utilities, many of them public districts. Increasing rates to offset the loss...
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Don't weaken sleep rules for truckers: Editorial
2014-06-11 23:02:24| Trucking - Topix.net
Few jobs are done well by sleep-deprived workers. Certainly not when it's your job to navigate an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer through already treacherous New Jersey traffic.
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