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Louisiana forests being sacrificed to fuel Europe's biomass boom
2014-01-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: The smell of freshly cut wood wafting from a dirt lot along an industrial stretch of road near the state capital might not conjure up an image of green energy, but some say this is the future of sustainability. The smell comes from two white plastic domes rising high along the Mississippi River. Stored inside those domes are millions of wood pellets, which started as trees in the surrounding 50- to 75-mile area, and were converted to easily shippable and burnable material at mammoth factories...
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Stormy weather batters Europe's Atlantic coast - in pictures
2014-01-08 22:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It's not just the UK and US that have been having extreme weather, as these spectacular images from Portugal to Ireland attest
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VIDEO: What next for Europe's airlines?
2013-12-30 11:25:27| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Jeremy Howell asks whether further mergers may follow after the acquisition of the former Greek flag carrier Olympic by its rival Aegean.
UK Europe's 'largest' economy by 2030
2013-12-26 12:50:06| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The UK economy will become the largest in Europe, overtaking current economic leader Germany by 2030, predicts the think tank the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR.)
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EU promises to act on Europe's toxic air
2013-12-21 13:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: The entire Year of Air has been marked by repeated calls from scientists for urgent action, yet the Commission's response is 'yes, but not until 2030. The new package comes amid concerns that cleaner air quality has become increasingly less of a priority for EU countries, including in the UK where London currently has the highest level of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution of any capital city in Europe. The proposals come at the end of the EU's 'Year of Air', and underline the desire of the environment...
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