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RBA faces rate dilemma after global markets turmoil
2014-10-17 11:08:14| Automakers - Topix.net
"There's this widespread view that the RBA can't move before the Fed, but the reality is they've done it many times.The issue's what it might do to the A currency," says CBA's chief economist, Michael Blythe. Photo: Lisa Maree Williams Turmoil in global markets has pushed out expectations for the first interest rate rise from the US Federal Reserve, threatening to hold up the Australian dollar and frustrate the Reserve Bank of Australia's hopes to start "normalising" its record low rates.
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TransCanada pipeline conversion faces building pushback in Quebec
2014-10-16 04:07:53| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Pushback is building in Quebec over TransCanada Corp.'s $12-billion, cross-country project to convert a natural gas pipeline to oil, just weeks before the company files its formal proposal with the national energy regulator. Quebec's largest natural gas distributor, Gaz Metro, plans to enlist the support of the provincial government to oppose the project that it says will lead to supply shortages, higher prices and threaten Quebec's economic growth.
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TransCanada pipeline conversion faces building pushback in Quebec
2014-10-16 00:30:21| Energy - Topix.net
Pushback is building in Quebec over TransCanada Corp.'s $12-billion, cross-country project to convert a natural gas pipeline to oil, just weeks before the company files its formal proposal with the national energy regulator. Quebec's largest natural gas distributor, Gaz Metro, plans to enlist the support of the provincial government to oppose the project that it says will lead to supply shortages, higher prices and threaten Quebec's economic growth.
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As nuclear waste piles up, South Korea faces storage crisis
2014-10-12 23:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Among the usual commercials for beer, noodles and cars on South Korean TV, one item stands in marked contrast. A short film by a government advisory body carries a stark message: the nation faces a crisis over storing its spent nuclear fuel after running reactors for decades. The world's fifth-largest user of nuclear power has around 70 percent, or nearly 9,000 tonnes, of its used fuel stacked in temporary storage pools originally intended to hold it for five or six years, with some sites due...
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Metro Vancouver Faces $6M Waste Management Deficit
2014-10-08 21:57:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/">Vancouver Sun</a> Metro Vancouver forecasts it will face a $6-million deficit next year in its waste management budget and will likely have to rethink its entire solid waste management plan if commercial haulers are allowed to continue dumping garbage outside the region. Content Classification: Curated read more
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