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Canadian National raises rates for using older oil tank cars

2014-02-13 08:19:38| Railroads - Topix.net

Canadian National Railway is charging shippers more to transport crude oil in older tank cars, one of the first signs that rail operators are actively discouraging use of the type of cars involved in several dramatic explosions.

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Cars in America are still over 11 years old -- and getting older

2014-02-01 21:35:13| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

During the Great Recession, car sales tanked, bottoming out in 2009. That year, Americans bought just 10.4 million vehicles -- a number that U.S. auto dealers had been surpassing for decades.

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'Diamonds' scam targets older people

2014-01-18 16:13:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

New boiler room scam targets elderly

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Older trees best at fighting climate change

2014-01-16 20:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: As humans age, we tend to pass more gas. As trees age, they tend to suck more of it up. A new paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature has blown away old misconceptions about the roles that the most mature trees in forests play in combating climate change. It has long been believed that younger trees are better than their older neighbors at absorbing carbon dioxide. But the new research suggests that the opposite is true. It turns out that big trees just keep on growing, at fast rates,...

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