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Pakistan's climate change 'time bomb' is already ticking
2015-10-20 15:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The sprawling megacity lies crumbling, desiccated by another deadly heatwave, its millions of inhabitants suffering life-threatening water shortages and unable to buy bread that has become too expensive to eat. It sounds like the stuff of dystopian fiction but it could be the reality Pakistan is facing. With its northern glaciers melting and its population surging - the country`s climate change time bomb is already ticking. In a nation facing violence and an unprecedented energy shortage slowing...
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Earnings Time Bomb For 9 Stocks: A 'Weighty Matter'
2015-04-20 17:10:41| Air Courier - Topix.net
As of January 2015, a new dimensional weight pricing model was adopted by two dominate e-commerce parcel shipping companies . Some private company CEOs are saying prices are up as much as 30% which includes an average 4.9% annual rate high, various residential and fuel cost surcharges.
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Toxic time bomb ticking in metal hips
2015-04-04 16:30:28| Biotech - Topix.net
Hundreds of Australians with metal hip replacements fear their bodies have been poisoned by cobalt and chromium leaching from the implants. While the national Therapeutic Goods Administration maintains there is "insufficient evidence" of a definite link, many patients have reported matching symptoms -- nausea, vertigo, headaches, heart problems and more.
Toxic Time Bomb?
2013-12-25 19:03:15| Waste Management - Topix.net
Houston wasn't hit by a hurricane this season, but there are questions about what will happen to the San Jacinto Waste Pit superfund site the next time a hurricane roars through town.
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The Carbon Time Bomb in Your Retirement Account
2013-12-11 12:58:07| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Will climate change leave your investment portfolio stranded like a polar bear on melting ice floe? If your pension fund or 401 manager invests in fossil-fuel companies, it just might.
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