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Looking for plants that don't need a lot of water? Get our guide "Water Efficient Plants for the Wilamette Valley"
2014-05-19 21:47:54| PortlandOnline
Floods menace towns, power plants in Serbia & Bosnia
2014-05-19 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Communities in Serbia and Bosnia battled to protect towns and power plants on Monday from rising flood waters and landslides that have devastated swathes of both countries and killed dozens of people. Receding waters in some of the areas worst-hit by the heaviest rainfall in the Balkans since records began 120 years ago revealed scenes of devastation - twisted homes, fallen trees and rotting animals. Authorities in Bosnia estimated some 500,000 people had been evacuated or left their homes, the...
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Will power plants of the future burn dead bodies?
2014-05-18 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: The oil in Arabia is dribbling dry. As ever, the alternatives fail to excite us. Fracking taints water and jolts the Richter scale. In the ash chutes of coal mines, death comes early in the form of black lung. Fission made a crass menagerie of Chernobyl, where irradiated animals scurry on odd-numbered legs; and in Japan history has repeated itself. Windmills cause insomnia and hypertension, say hysterics in tinfoil hats. Much worse, they depend on whatever way the breeze blows. And solar panels are...
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Obama puts personal stamp on carbon curbs for power plants
2014-05-16 15:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: US President Barack Obama plans to personally unveil proposed carbon-emissions rules for power plants, elevating climate change policy as a top tier issue for his final two years in office, according to two people familiar with White House strategy. Obama is preparing to make the announcement with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, who said this week the rules are on track to be proposed by June 2, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because...
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Smithfield Foods plans to add stores, plants in China
2014-05-15 20:27:49| Food - Topix.net
Smithfield Foods ' profit increased nearly sixfold in the first quarter compared to the same time last year as the pork company expanded its reach as part of China-based WH Group, formerly known as Shuanghui International.
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