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Coffee Reserves Seen at 2000 Low on Indonesian Rain: Commodities
2013-08-27 07:39:10| Food - Topix.net
Robusta coffee stockpiles are poised to slump to a 13-year low as torrential rain in Indonesia disrupts supply and consumers wait three more months before Vietnam's new crop gets shipped.
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Philippines swamped after days of torrential rain
2013-08-20 04:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Some of the Philippines' heaviest rains on record fell for a second day on Tuesday, turning the capital's roads into rivers and trapping tens of thousands of people in homes and shelters. The government suspended all work except rescues and disaster response. Officials reported at least seven people dead, 11 injured and four missing. The dead included a five-year-old boy whose house was hit by a concrete wall that collapsed. Throughout the sprawling, low-lying capital region of 12 million people,...
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Ecuador Scraps Plan to Block Rain Forest Oil Drilling
2013-08-19 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The decision by Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa to abandon a plan to spare the species-rich Yasun rain forest in eastern Ecuador from oil development has dashed hopes for what environmentalists had hailed as a historic approach to weaning industrial society from its dependence on fossil fuels. "Ecuador and the world have lost an opportunity to shape a revolutionary initiative," said Alberto Acosta, Ecuador's former minister of energy and mines, and one of the chief architects of the so-called...
Analysis - Rain puts Russian barley harvest at risk
2013-08-19 19:36:25| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Hopes of a high-quality barley harvest in Russia have been put at risk by heavy rain, according to an analyst.
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Heavy rain brings floods to Philippines; markets, offices shut
2013-08-19 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Heavy rain in the Philippine capital forced the closure of government offices, schools, banks and most private companies on Monday, and residents in parts of the city and nearby provinces had to flee from their homes because of floods. The monsoon rain, intensified by tropical storm Trami, also led to the closure of the Philippine Stock Exchange, the Philippine Dealing System foreign exchange platform and the secondary debt market via the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp after government offices...
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