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Row threatens Panama Canal expansion
2014-01-02 16:36:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The consortium building a massive expansion to the Panama Canal has threatened to stop work unless a dispute over cost overruns can be resolved.
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Amazon Deforestation Threatens South America Water Security
2013-12-30 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The continued destruction of the Amazon to exploit its resources for mining, agriculture and hydro-power is threatening the future of the South American continent, according to a report by campaigning groups using the latest scientific data. Five countries--Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru--share the Amazon, and for all of them the forest area occupies more than 40 percent of their territory. All face threats to their water supply, energy production, food and health. In addition,...
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Ugandans fear curse of oil wealth as it threatens to blight 'pearl of Africa'
2013-12-29 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Most of Uganda's oil is in the Albertine Graben region in the west of the country, an expanse of lush green vegetation that is home to about half of Africa's bird species. There are also baboons, antelopes and elephants. A visit to Murchison Falls, one of five national parks in the region and the biggest game reserve in Uganda, reminds one why Winston Churchill thought the nation was the pearl of Africa. But tucked away behind all this startling beauty are 13 oil wells, right inside the national...
Climate change threatens Ghana's coast
2013-12-28 14:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Ask anyone in this fishing village along Ghana's eastern coast where they grew up, and they'll likely point south, towards the blue waves of the Gulf of Guinea. The ocean has encroached on areas that were once land, dry enough for the villagers of Totope to grow crops, build homes and raise families. It's all gone now, buried by crushing waves and shifting sands that have forced the village of a few thousand to move onto swampy land reclaimed with an unreliable mix of sand and trash. The...
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Climate Change Threatens Perus Economic Progress As Amazon Becomes Net Emitter of CO2
2013-12-26 18:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Peru is the country chosen to host the 2014 United Nations (UN) climate conference, a key meeting for trying to advance an ambitious plan to rein in greenhouse emissions which is planned for agreement in 2015. Scientists think Peru`s role reversal from being a carbon sink to a net emitter of CO2 in 2012 is result of droughts in the western Amazon. Photo credit: tadd_debbie /Flickr But the country has recently earned a rather more dubious distinction. In 2012, for the first time, the Peruvian...
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