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Promised Land review
2013-04-21 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Adapted by John Krasinski and Matt Damon from a story by the prolific novelist, journalist and editor Dave Eggers, Promised Land is a soft-centred drama starring Damon as Steve Butler, a smooth-talking salesman out to cheat country folk of the same stock as himself. He's employed by an oil company to persuade a small midwestern town to sell the drilling rights to their land. The dirt-poor, rust-belt town is in terminal decline, but the windfall will involve fracking for shale oil that could result...
Nitrogen has key role in estimating CO2 emissions from land use change
2013-04-19 22:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new global-scale modeling study that takes into account nitrogen -- a key nutrient for plants -- estimates that carbon emissions from human activities on land were 40 percent higher in the 1990s than in studies that did not account for nitrogen. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Bristol Cabot Institute published their findings in the journal Global Change Biology. The findings will be a part of the upcoming Fifth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental...
Johnson Controls to supply AGM batteries to Chery Jaguar Land Rover in China; introducing 48V micro hybrid system
2013-04-19 19:30:14| Green Car Congress
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APS, Tucson Electric land near top of list for utility solar power providers
2013-04-19 18:46:48| Energy - Topix.net
Arizona Public Service Co. is one of the largest providers of solar power for utilities in the U.S., accord to a report from the Solar Electric Power Association .
Open Letter to Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud accepting offer of debate on land and forest use
2013-04-19 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Global Witness: Dear Chief Minister Taib, In an interview with the Lets Talk programme on The Malaysian Observer, you challenged Global Witness to a debate on the allegations of corruption, land grabbing and tax evasion shown in the film Inside Malaysias Shadow State. We are writing to accept your invitation. We would also like to take this opportunity to respond to various comments you have made about the accuracy of our research. Appended to this letter is a short briefing outlining statements by you and...
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