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More Than Three-Quarters of Canada's Oil Sands Being Produced At a Loss
2015-08-21 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Aug 20 More than three-quarters of Canada's daily output of 2.2 million barrels of crude from oil sands is being produced at a loss at current prices, research from analysts at TD Securities shows, although producers are unlikely to halt operations. Only two mining and upgrading projects - Canadian Natural Resources Ltd's Horizon project and Suncor Energy's Millennium mine - are producing synthetic crude for less than its current outright price around $36 a barrel, analyst Menno Hulshof said on...
Second Avenue Subway is three-quarters of the way done
2014-12-19 14:29:43| Railroads - Topix.net
The 86th St. station cavern mezzanine level looking north on Oct 13, 2014. Photo Credit: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin The first phase of the Second Avenue Subway is three-quarters of the way done now that construction crews have finished the shell for the 86th Street station, the MTA announced Thursday.
Almost three-quarters of Dutch own smartphones
2014-12-08 09:38:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Almost three-quarters of Dutch consumers aged 12 and older have smartphones, up from half the population two years ago. In the past 24 months, millions of Dutch consumers have swapped their feature phones for smartphones, according to the Dutch Smartphone User report 2014 Q3 from Telecompaper. The market researcher asked around 12,000 consumers aged 12-80 about their use of mobile phones. The survey found that almost half (47%) have Samsung smartphones, and 21 percent use Apple iPhones. The other most popular brands are HTC, LG, Sony, Huawei and Nokia. Other findings include that men more often have the latest models of phone. OVer half the consumers with a Galaxy S5 were men and 61 percent of iPhone 5s owners. Apple was also found to be better at selling multiple products to the same consumer. Three-quarters of iPhone users with tablets have iPads. The survey also found that 11 percent of respondents received their smartphones from a family member, either as a gift or hand-me-down.
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Three-quarters of World Bank-backed projects still don't evaluate climate risks: Report
2014-04-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The World Bank is still failing to take climate change into account as it makes decisions about the projects it finances, according to a new report from the nonprofit World Resources Institute. The impacts of climate change were only taken into consideration in a quarter of all projects the bank approved between January 2012 and June 2013. World Resources Institute looked at a selection of projects that would reasonably be expected to undergo some sort of climate impact assessment. The World Bank...
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Chart: Climate change means we need to cut back three-quarters of our meat and dairy consumption
2014-03-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Insider: Greenhouse gas emissions from food production may threaten the UN climate target of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, according to new research The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due to present its latest report on the impacts of climate change today. Carbon dioxide emissions from the energy and transportation sectors currently account for the largest share of climate pollution but the new study shows that eliminating these emissions would not guarantee...