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As sea level rises, an Alaska village faces an existential dilemma

2014-11-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The Chukchi Sea's unrelenting waves were slowly ripping away the land and homes of the 600 or so residents of this Alaska Native village on a sinking barrier island. U.S. government reports determined that the community was "imminently threatened" with inundation and needed "immediate action" to move to safer ground on the mainland. Villagers voted 161-20 to relocate off the island. Shishmaref, the media proclaimed, would be the United States' first climate refugees. That was in 2002. More...

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VIDEO: India's infrastructure dilemma

2014-11-07 14:31:49| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

In India, land acquisition to build infrastructure often faces local opposition, which can discourage business investment, as the BBC's Sameer Hashmi reports.

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Schafer: Amazon's spending spree spells dilemma for Target

2014-11-01 23:27:54| Trucking - Topix.net

In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service driver in Palo Alto, Calif. Michigan state legislators in May 2013 are pushing measures to capture the state‚Äôs share of hundreds of millions of dollars in annual taxes from Amazon, eBay and other Internet retailers.

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