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Canada: Federal Minister Still Believes Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline Can Be Built

2013-01-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Calgary Herald: Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver says he still believes the contentious Northern Gateway oilsands pipeline can be built, but recognizes the federal government has a substantial sales job ahead of it in 2013. The proposed $6-billion Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline would transport oilsands crude from northern Alberta to the port of Kitimat, B.C., where the product would be loaded onto tankers and shipped to Asian markets. I am still of the belief that we can get this done, on...

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United Kingdom: Farmers urge minister to provide extreme weather insurance

2013-01-02 10:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Record rainfall in 2012 has cost British farmers 1.3bn, prompting calls for government to provide insurance against extreme weather if it wants to preserve national food security. The National Farmers Union (NFU) estimates the extreme levels of rainfall in 2012 has cost the industry 600m in lost output, especially from poor wheat and potato harvests, and another 700m in extra costs such as feed for cattle, which could not graze in water-logged fields. The figures are being published on Tuesday,...

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Benefit rises unfair - minister

2013-01-02 05:29:52| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

It is unfair for benefits to rise at a faster rate than wages, the work and pensions secretary has said ahead of a key Commons vote on capping benefits.

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