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Not the first conflict
2013-04-16 11:07:27| Waste Management - Topix.net
During the mid-1980 s, a farmer with one or more big financial backers convinced the then-Department of Pollution Control and Ecology to approve a permit that would establish a landfill near the little Ozarks community of Pindall about 20 miles from Mount Judea.
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Conflict zones have higher deforestation rates in the Amazon
2013-03-28 02:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Areas in the Amazon where there is conflict over land tenure have higher deforestation rates than places where land rights are secure, finds a new study that assesses the effectiveness of indicators used to gauge the success of protected areas in Brazil. The research, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, analyzed the efficacy of the Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Area Management (RAPPAM), a tool used by policymakers to manage, prioritize and assess the effectiveness...
Debate over steel plant presents conflict
2013-03-27 20:15:22| Steel - Topix.net
Debate over state financial incentives for the proposed Big River Steel plant, which would be built in Mississippi County, takes center stage in the Arkansas Legislature this week, presenting some intriguing political conflicts.
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Mali conflict ups pressure on climate-stressed herders
2013-03-20 09:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: The recent conflict in northern Mali, where the situation remains volatile, has left many livestock herders in fear of losing millions of cattle, sheep and goats at a time when they were already struggling to find enough pasture for their animals due to drought. Since the spring of 2012, violence between Islamist groups who grabbed much of the north from Tuareg nomads, and the army, supported by foreign troops for the past two months, has disturbed the West African nation's traditional grazing...
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HTC One release pushed to April, risks conflict with Galaxy S4 launch
2013-03-13 13:26:11| InfoWorld: Top News
HTC's new One smartphone will arrive later than expected, and could lose any time-to-market advantage over Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S4 handset. The Taiwanese handset maker had originally planned to release its flagship smartphone globally in March. But on Wednesday, the company said in an email, "We will start fulfilling pre-orders by end March in certain markets and will roll out to more markets as we approach April."
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