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Study: Cutting carbon dioxide saves 3,500 US lives a year
2015-05-04 18:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Obama Administration's hotly debated plan to reduce heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the nation's power plants will save about 3,500 lives a year by cutting back on other types of pollution as well, a new independent study concludes. A study from Harvard and Syracuse University calculates the decline in heart attacks and lung disease when soot and smog are reduced - an anticipated byproduct of the president's proposed power plant rule, which aims to fight global warming by limiting carbon dioxide...
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Auto sales climb 5.7 per cent in April compared with a year ago: DesRosiers
2015-05-04 18:02:53| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Sales of new cars and trucks climbed 5.7 per cent last month from a year ago, making it the best April on record for Canadian automakers, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants. "The economic challenges facing Alberta and Saskatchewan have not seemed to impact national sales," the automotive consulting firm said in a report issued Friday.
Oregon State Univ study links climate changes in Northern and Southern Hemispheres - with 200 year lag
2015-05-04 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: A new study using evidence from a highly detailed ice core from West Antarctica shows a consistent link between abrupt temperature changes on Greenland and Antarctica during the last ice age, giving scientists a clearer picture of the link between climate in the northern and southern hemispheres. Greenland climate during the last ice age was very unstable, the researchers say, characterized by a number of large, abrupt changes in mean annual temperature that each occurred within several decades....
MeadWestvaco merger among the Southa s biggest so far this year
2015-05-04 00:36:49| Paper - Topix.net
Depending on whose numbers you use, MeadWestvaco Corp., which owns a soon-to-be-spun- off specialty chemicals division based in North Charleston, was part of either the second-largest or fifth-largest business merger or acquisition in the South during the first quarter. MeadWestvaco, which is based in Richmond, Va., announced in January that it will merge with Norcross, Ga.-based Rock-Tenn Co.
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Group Names Cherokee Realtor, Rookie of the Year
2015-05-02 20:32:45| Real Estate - Topix.net
The Cherokee Association of REALTORSA has named Cathy Lane with Keller Williams Realty Partners the 2014 REALTORA of the Year. Lane is a devoted member who "exemplifies professionalism and REALTORA spirit," the organization said on Wednesday in a press release.
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