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Getting giddy over shale wont do much to keep the lights on
2013-10-07 14:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Next month the Government will produce a map of the best places in Britain to drill for shale gas. A lot of politicians Conservatives in particular will hate it. The latest data will confirm what is already well known: that the countrys vast onshore reserves are buried not just in the desolate North so unfortunately described by George Osbornes father-in-law, but under vast tracts of southern Tory shires, in Sussex and elsewhere. Exploiting the wealth beneath our feet will involve some unpopular...
Delta Isn't About to Let a Small Georgia Airstrip Challenge Its Hold on Atlanta
2013-10-05 20:01:46| Airlines - Topix.net
If it gets off the ground, expect a mid-size low-cost carrier to figure out a few popular routes -- New York, Miami, Dallas -- where the carrier otherwise couldn't compete against the likes of Delta.
Strictly Come Dancing: Julien Macdonald reveals how he gets that added sparkle on TV
2013-10-05 18:36:14| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
New car sales are at their highest rate for more than five years, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Estyn said courses in construction, planning and the built environment remain popular - but training is not always matched to the needs of local employers.
A Closer Look at Harvards Choice on Fossil Fuels
2013-10-04 22:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The student effort to get universities and colleges to sell off their investments in companies hawking fossil fuels continues, as can be seen in the Twitter item and photo above from Bard College. But on Thursday, Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust released a long and reasoned explanation of why the school will not remove fossil fuel investments from its portfolio. Her arguments were mostly macroeconomic (why disinvest when society still buys the companies products?) and financial (the...
Meet Von Maur: Midwestern department store looks to make its mark on Alabama
2013-10-04 14:39:36| Apparel - Topix.net
The music of a grand piano greets shoppers as they enter the Von Maur department store at Atlanta's Perimeter Mall, which features mirrored columns, gold-lettered signs and a center atrium that spans its three floors.
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