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Obama directs agencies to prepare federal projects for rising sea levels
2015-01-31 14:03:46| Waste Management - Topix.net
In a climate change push, Obama issued an executive order on Friday establishing a flood standard aimed at reducing risk and cutting costs of future flood disasters brought on by climate change. "It is the policy of the United States to improve the resilience of communities and Federal assets against the impacts of flooding.
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Obama Orders Higher Flood Risk Standard for Federal Projects
2015-01-30 21:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Considering the risk of rising sea levels due to climate change, President Barack Obama today issued the nation`s first Federal Flood Risk Management Standard for taxpayer-funded projects. He described the Standard as "a flexible framework to increase resilience against flooding and help preserve the natural values of floodplains." The new flood standard will apply when federal funds are used to build, retrofit or repair structures and facilities in and around floodplains to ensure that those...
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Rickards says political bias in selection of EU Sugar Programme projects
2015-01-30 08:50:23| Sugar Industry News
DUANVALE, Trelawny Chairman of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers' Association Allan Rickards (AIJCFA) says a number of the projects financed by European Union (EU) money under the Sugar Transformation Unit (STU) in the Ministry of Agriculture, are politically selected for the benefit of the cane farming communities.
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Cheap Oil Sours Big-Ticket Energy Projects
2015-01-30 08:39:28| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
As Chevron Corp. closes in on its long-elusive goal of pumping more oil, another target is slipping away: Boosting profits. Chevron's drive to increase its oil-and-gas production, the most ambitious among the world's giant energy companies, is beginning to show results, with two major deep-water projects in the Gulf of Mexico starting up late last year.
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Cheap Oil Sours Big-Ticket Energy Projects
2015-01-30 07:40:07| Energy - Topix.net
As Chevron Corp. closes in on its long-elusive goal of pumping more oil, another target is slipping away: Boosting profits. Chevron's drive to increase its oil-and-gas production, the most ambitious among the world's giant energy companies, is beginning to show results, with two major deep-water projects in the Gulf of Mexico starting up late last year.
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