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Super Typhoon Haiyan razes rice, sugar harvests in Philippines
2013-11-12 07:28:28| Sugar Industry News
MANILA: Rice and sugar harvests in the Philippines were damaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan when the most powerful storm on record to strike the country unleashed winds and floods that may have killed as many as 10,000 people.
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Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines climate change commissioner breaks down UN talks
2013-11-12 04:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Naderev "Yeb" Sano, representative for the Philippines at the UN Climate Change talks, broke down in tears as he addressed delegates in Warsaw. Mr Sano, whose family is from Tacloban -- one of the worst hit areas -- announced that he was going on hunger strike until "a meaningful outcome is in sight". Representatives from 190 nations have gathered in Poland to try and thrash out a new pact to fight global warming. Choking back tears Mr Sano described the devastation left in the wake of typhoon...
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Typhoon in Philippines Casts Long Shadow Over UN Talks on Climate Treaty
2013-11-12 03:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The typhoon that struck the Philippines produced an outpouring of emotion on Monday at United Nations talks on a global climate treaty in Warsaw, where delegates were quick to suggest that a warming planet had turned the storm into a lethal monster. Olai Ngedikes, the lead negotiator for an alliance of small island nations, said in a statement that the typhoon, named Haiyan, which by some estimates killed 10,000 people in one city alone, serves as a stark reminder of the cost of inaction on climate...
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Typhoon spares Texas Instruments' two plants in the Philippines
2013-11-12 01:42:36| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Texas Instruments Inc. said its two factories in the Philippines were not affected by the typhoon that devastated the island nation yesterday.
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PSALM announces top bidders for Unified Leyte geothermal power plant auction in Philippines
2013-11-12 01:00:00| Power Technology
The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) has named top bidders for the strips of energy and bulk energy for the sales contracts of the 588MW Unified Leyte geothermal power plant (ULGPP).
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