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Loophole In Gov. Brown's Oil Spill Emergency Order Weakens Environmental Protections
2015-06-03 06:38:00| pollutiononline Home Page
The Center for Biological Diversity today called on Gov. Jerry Brown to rescind an order suspending key environmental rules that should be governing cleanup of the devastating Santa Barbara oil spill.
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Strong dollar weakens DuPont numbers
2015-04-21 15:24:00| Chemicals - Topix.net
Dow component DuPont topped first-quarter earnings forecasts but its sales fell 9%, dragged down by adverse currency impacts from a strong dollar. DuPont, which makes and sells seeds, chemicals and food ingredients around the globe, reported earnings per share of $1.34, which topped estimates by 3 cents.
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Hundreds of people return home in Philippines as typhoon weakens
2015-04-05 06:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of people in the north of the main Philippine island of Luzon left evacuation centers and returned home on Sunday after a typhoon weakened significantly as it made landfall, although officials still warned of heavy rain and rough seas. Once described as super typhoon Maysak as it bore down on the Philippines in recent days, the storm was carrying winds of 55 km ph (35 mph) and was rated as a tropical depression as it made landfall on Sunday morning. "We thank God," said Alexander Pama,...
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Wall St. jumps 1 percent as dollar weakens
2015-03-17 21:34:37| Biotech - Topix.net
Stocks rally on Monday as the U.S. dollar eased back from its recent rally. Volume was light ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates.
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Drought Weakens the Amazons Ability to Capture Carbon
2015-03-09 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: During drought, trees across the Amazon continue to stretch their limbs. But they shirk one of their more important, planet-saving tasks: inhaling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In the drought of 2010, the ability of the Amazon's trees, shrubs, bushes and vines to absorb carbon was greatly diminished, according to new research that used on-the-ground measurements for the first time. That data reveals a slightly higher estimate than recent computer and satellite studies and paints a worrisome...
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