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As sea level rises, an Alaska village faces an existential dilemma
2014-11-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Chukchi Sea's unrelenting waves were slowly ripping away the land and homes of the 600 or so residents of this Alaska Native village on a sinking barrier island. U.S. government reports determined that the community was "imminently threatened" with inundation and needed "immediate action" to move to safer ground on the mainland. Villagers voted 161-20 to relocate off the island. Shishmaref, the media proclaimed, would be the United States' first climate refugees. That was in 2002. More...
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Denmark Faces Challenge over Live Exports
2014-11-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
DENMARK - The Danish pig industry is facing a fight as slaughter numbers are declining and more and more live pigs are being sent out of the country for finishing and slaughter.
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Russia faces $140bn losses a year due to political sanctions and oil prices slump
2014-11-25 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Russia faces losses of about $140bn a year due to lower oil prices and sanctions imposed on the country by the West, according to its finance minister.
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Bridgeport purchasing head faces demotionvisit|article-5911539|mobile_simple_list_body-11991|3
2014-11-23 03:50:20| Energy - Topix.net
Berndt Tardy did a competent enough job buying goods and services to remain acting directo" of the city purchasing department for 10 years and two mayors. Then he drew some fire last year for his role in Mayor Bill Finch's administration's decision to pay contractor Manuel "Manny" Moutinho to build a no-bid driveway for Moutinho and some neighbors.
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Prairie agriculture industry faces a growing shortage of good help
2014-11-22 10:55:37| Agriculture - Topix.net
There was a time on Prairie farms when having large families was about more than long, cold winters, no television and abstinence as the only reliable form of birth control. Children have historically been an important source of labour on the farm, enlisted from an early age to help out with the multiple tasks that went into day-to-day operations.
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