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Botswana faces questions over licences for fracking companies in Kalahari
2013-11-18 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Botswana has been accused of sacrificing the Kalahari, one of the world's most precious wildlife reserves, to commercial fracking while ignoring the concerns of environmentalists and communities who could lose access to scarce water. Hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, for the production of gas is the subject of fierce debate in America, Britain, South Africa and countries around the world, with green activists warning that it degrades land and pollutes air and water. Yet for more than...
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SSE faces 'difficult' conditions
2013-11-13 11:15:29| Energy - Topix.net
Energy giant SSE insisted it was battling "difficult" energy market conditions as it revealed a A 115.4 million loss in its retail supply business just weeks after announcing a hike in household bills.
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US faces uphill task to double exports by 2015
2013-11-12 16:33:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Nearly four years after President Obama set a goal for the US to double its exports in five years, a new report says it is unlikely this target will be met.
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Energy Industry Faces Water Woes Worldwide
2013-11-12 11:00:00| OGI
Water shortages could impact shale gas, oil, and coal-mining operations.
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Philippines: Aquino Faces Test With Typhoon Haiyan
2013-11-11 15:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The agenda for the second-half of Benigno Aquino's presidency is devastatingly clear. In the first three years of his term, the Filipino leader attracted remarkable investment-grade ratings for the onetime Sick Man of Asia. He raised taxes to increase revenues and stabilize the national balance sheet. He won global accolades for jailing his predecessor, Gloria Arroyo, and going after the corruption that has made the Philippines a third-rail country for overseas investors. He even took on the powerful...
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