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UPDATE 1-Japan's 2013 crude steel output could hit 5-year high -METI
2013-10-01 21:13:18| Steel - Topix.net
A rush to build homes ahead of a sales tax hike next year and a jump in government infrastructure spending have helped boost steel demand in Japan, driving production increases and likely leading to crude steel output hitting a five-year high this year.
Caribou babies hit hard by climate change
2013-10-01 12:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: The melting of arctic sea ice is indirectly leading to higher mortality among caribou calves, new research suggests. Penn State University biologists Eric Post and Jeffrey Kerby have unravelled the links between sea ice loss, the timing of plant growth on land and caribou breeding in Greenland over the past two decades. 'The animals show up expecting a food bonanza, but they find that the cafeteria already has closed.'- Jeffrey Kerby, biologist They have discovered...
EPA to be hit hard in shutdown, could delay renewable fuel standard
2013-09-30 15:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will take one of the biggest hits of any federal agency if the government shuts down this week, operating with under 7 percent of its employees, according to guidance issued by the agency. Among those furloughed would be most workers at the Office of Air and Radiation, which is in charge of writing and implementing most of the EPA's major air pollution rules. The clock would also stop, for now, on the EPA's eagerly-awaited proposal on renewable fuel volume...
IPCC Scientist: Climate change will hit Europe's competitiveness
2013-09-30 08:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurActiv: One of the lead authors of a key UN climate report launched on Friday (27 September) has told EurActiv that Europes business competitiveness would be badly hit by global warming of the sort most scientists now believe is likely to arise this century. If you have change which is that large anywhere, and youve built infrastructure to cope with todays climate, there will inevitably be implications of adaptation and mitigation, said Peter Thorne, the lead author on attribution and observation for...
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Shutdown impact: Tourists, homebuyers hit quickly
2013-09-29 00:56:17| Energy - Topix.net
A government shutdown would have far-reaching consequences for some, but minimal impact on others.
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