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Small German village goes off-grid 100 percent, depends on wind, sun, pig manure
2014-10-26 00:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Interaksyon: If Germany has taken a pioneering though risky role in shifting to renewable energy, then the tiny village of Feldheim -- population 150 -- is at its vanguard. The hamlet near Berlin is Germany's first to have left the national grid and switched to 100 percent local, alternative energy, swearing off fossil fuels and nuclear power decades before the rest of the country plans to near the same goal. Electricity now comes from a wind park towering over its gently rolling fields and reaches homes...
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FedEx expects 9 percent rise in holiday shipping
2014-10-25 14:34:30| Air Courier - Topix.net
FedEx predicts an 8.8 percent increase in holiday season shipping with upward of 290 million packages sent between Black Friday and Christmas Eve. That would be a record in holiday shipping for Memphis-based FedEx, which has large hubs at Fort Worth's Alliance Airport and at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
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UP reports 19 percent surge in 3Q 2014 profit, CEO optimistic about 4Q
2014-10-25 07:17:50| Railroads - Topix.net
OMAHA, Neb. - Union Pacific Corp. delivered a 19 percent increase in its third-quarter profit as the railroad hauled 7 percent more freight and increased rates, while CEO Jack Koraleski said the railroad was optimistic about the remainder of the year.
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RockTenn Announces Dividend; Increases Annualized Dividend by 7 Percent to $0.75 Per Share
2014-10-25 01:38:58| Paper - Topix.net
RockTenn today reported that its Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.1875 per share on its Class A Common Stock to shareholders of record at the close of business on Nov. 7, 2014. The dividend, which will be paid on Nov. 17, 2014, represents an annual dividend rate of $0.75 per share.
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EU reaches deal cut emissions by at least 40 percent versus 1990 levels
2014-10-24 01:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: European Union leaders reached a deal early on Friday to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent in 2030 versus 1990 levels, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said in a Twitter message. EU leaders also agreed two other 2030 targets to increase renewable energy use to 27 percent of the total and to improve their measure of energy efficiency to at least 27 percent compared with what it would be under business as usual. In addition, they pledged to boost cross-border links...
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