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Australia: Death by sludge, coal and climate change for Great Barrier Reef?
2014-01-31 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: There's a phrase environmental scientists and campaigners like to use to talk about the slow and relentless degradation and destruction of habitats and natural wonders. "Death by a thousand cuts", they call it, as small chunks of habitat are lost and environmental laws are eased or repealed. A bit of bush here for a tourism development, a stand of mangroves there for a beachside resort. An entire nature reserve for a coal mine. Sometimes, the threats come like pincer movements with all angles covered....
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Coral or coal decision looms for Australia's Great Barrier Reef
2014-01-30 08:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australia's Great Barrier Reef watchdog is to decide by Friday whether to allow millions of cubic meters of dredged mud to be dumped near the fragile reef to create the world's biggest coal port and possibly unlock $28 billion in coal projects. A dumping permit would allow a major expansion of the port of Abbot Point for two Indian firms and Australian billionaire miner Gina Rinehart, who together have $16 billion worth of coal projects in the untapped, inland Galilee Basin. The Galilee Basin...
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Smashing the tennis money barrier
2014-01-24 01:00:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The financial challenges of making it as a young UK pro
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US ONR develops new barrier technology to protect ships in harbour
2014-01-20 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The US Navys Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Halo Maritime Defense Systems have jointly developed a new maritime security barrier to protect warships in harbour.
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Gen Y likes tech-savvy green cars, but cost a barrier: study
2014-01-17 02:34:03| Automakers - Topix.net
Young U.S. consumers want vehicles outfitted with expensive technology that boosts gas mileage and keeps them safe and connected, according to a survey published on Thursday.
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