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Water shortage in California town stokes fears
2014-02-06 19:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: In this small logging town in Northern California's redwood country, small blue signs urging water conservation are almost everywhere you look. Just south of Willits, in one of the state's most verdant corners, crows and other birds peck at dry ground that should be covered in water at the city's Centennial Reservoir, which is less than a third full. The creek that feeds it has slowed to a trickle. "It's common at this time of year for the water to be going over the cement wall right here. In fact,...
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Yorkshire stokes mortgage market
2013-11-20 08:04:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Competition for homebuyers with little in savings is picking up as a building society unveils a string of new mortgage deals outside the Help to Buy scheme.
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Soccerex axe stokes World Cup fears
2013-11-05 22:34:46| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Fears about disruption to next year's World Cup are raised as the key global football conference Soccerex is cancelled by the Rio authorities.
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VIDEO: Thailand's rice scheme stokes concerns
2013-08-29 03:08:16| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Thailand's policy of buying entire crops of rice leaves it with a mountain of the food, which if sold at today's prices would incur a significant loss.
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Train explosion in Quebec stokes debate about oil transport
2013-07-08 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The latest disaster caused by the transport of oil across North America has wrecked the town of Lac-Mégantic in Quebec. A driverless train loaded with crude from the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota derailed and exploded early Saturday in the towns center. Dozens of buildings were leveled and at least five people were killed, while 40 more were still missing as of Monday morning. The fracked oil was en route to New Brunswick, which is home to the largest oil refinery in Canada. From Reuters:...
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