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Japan: Land ministry says climate change may be behind increase in landslide damage
2013-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Asahi Shimbun: Torrential rain possibly caused by climate change is the culprit for an increase in damages from landslides over the past 30 years, according to a recent survey. Land ministry officials compiled statistics on landslide damage from 1984 that showed a 1.5-fold increase due to heavy rains. With the frequency of torrential rains expected to increase in the future, there will be greater need for measures to deal with landslides. A recent example of the destructive power of landslides occurred...
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Rodeo refinery land use permit and EIR subject of county hearing
2013-11-16 13:26:42| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Contra Costa County Planning Commission on Tuesday will consider a Land Use Permit application from Phillips 66 for a propane recovery project at its Rodeo refinery, along with adoption of a final Environmental Impact Report.
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Conservation Group Keeps Buying Land, Helping State Parks Grow
2013-11-16 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Working quietly and quickly, the Open Space Institute, a nonprofit conservation group, has bought acreage surrounding park borders, combining together smaller parcels as they come up for sale, and then selling them to the state, at cost or below. Using money from the Lila Acheson and Dewitt Wallace Endowment Fund, the group has led efforts to conserve 40,000 acres through 77 individual deals statewide; that represents more than 10 percent of the state park system's current 335,000 acres. "We can...
Merged American Airlines to land on Nasdaq
2013-11-16 01:41:19| Airlines - Topix.net
American Airlines and US Airways, essentially cleared for merger next month, on Friday said that the combined company, the world's biggest airline, will trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
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Southwest Hills | 11-15-13 | 3701 SW Council Crest Dr | Land Division Partition | LU 13-192750 LDP
2013-11-15 22:32:52| PortlandOnline
PDF Document, 752kbCategory: Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. Decisions
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