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World's Largest Coal Company Plans Billion-Dollar Solar Project in India
2014-09-25 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Gevra mine, operated by Coal India Limited Continuing its push to increase investment in renewable energy, Indias energy ministry is working with the state-controlled coal mining company Coal India Limited -- the largest coal mining operation in the world -- to install solar power projects worth $1.2 billion. The company is in the process of selecting sites for solar plants, which are expected to have a combined total energy-generating capacity of 1,000 megawatts, the Times of India reports. India...
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President Obama Makes History By Establishing Worlds Largest Ocean Reserve
2014-09-25 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Earth Justice: The White House announced today that President Barack Obama has decided to create the largest marine sanctuary on the planet through the use of executive action. The move will expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument to 490,000 square miles, six times larger than it currently is, and seal it off from commercial fishing and resource extraction activities. The presidents decision is a bold move that will significantly strengthen protections for deep-sea coral reefs and marine...
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Obama to designate world's largest marine sanctuary in the Pacific
2014-09-25 02:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama on Thursday will designate the largest marine sanctuary in the world in an area of the Pacific Ocean that will be off-limits to commercial fishing and deep-sea mining, the White House said on Wednesday. Obama will sign a proclamation that increases the size of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument by six-fold to 490,000 square miles (1.27 million sq km/370,000 sq nautical miles). The White House said in a statement the area is "of particular interest because...
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GDS Leads in the Worlds Largest Ever Floor Display Installation
2014-09-22 11:59:00| Railway Technology
Global Display Solutions (GDS) is proud to announce the installation of its innovative floor displays in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan.
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Conservationists Spar Fishermen Over Worlds Largest Marine Monument
2014-09-20 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: President Obama's proposal in June to expand a marine sanctuary around seven U.S.-controlled islands and atolls in the central Pacific Ocean drew immediate praise from scientists and conservationists, but has since sparked opposition from representatives of the tuna industry, including fishermen in Hawaii who say it would threaten their livelihood. The tuna fishermen oppose the plan because commercial fishing is prohibited in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, which would increase...
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