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Crimea may yield trillions in oil riches for Russia and Putin

2014-05-18 07:17:17| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited an oil rig in the Caspian Sea operated by Lukoil in 2010.

Climate change threatens to cause trillions in damage to world's coastal regions

2014-02-05 09:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

TG Daily: New research predicts that coastal regions may face massive increases in damages from storm surge flooding over the course of the 21st century. According to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, global average storm surge damages could increase from about $10-$40 billion per year today to up to $100,000 billion per year by the end of century, if no adaptation action is taken. The study, led by the Berlin-based think-tank Global Climate Forum (GCF) and involving...

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Climate Change Could Cost the US Trillions

2013-08-27 13:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yahoo: Fears of climate change seems to rise and fall with natural disasters. The East Coast has been fortunate to avoid a hurricane so far this season but out West wildfires have been destroying homes, businesses and forests. More than 200 square miles are now burning in Yosemite National Park threatening groves of giant sequoias as well as a reservoir that supplies water and power to San Francisco. Thirty-six large fires are raging in eight western states, from Wyoming to Washington State, plus Texas...

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