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South East Asia poses greater piracy threat to seafarers, says report
2015-06-11 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Pirate attacks in South East Asia present a clear and remerging threat to seafarers with a 90% boarding success rate, according to report by Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP).
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In this Thursday, May 14, 2015 photo, Faith Consolo poses for photos...
2015-06-09 21:33:08| Footwear - Topix.net
In this Thursday, May 14, 2015 photo, Faith Consolo poses for photos in front of the Louis Vuitton store in New York. Consolo has helped to revitalize Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue as hubs of luxe shopping as well as reshape other retail corridors of the country from Los Angeles' Rodeo Drive to Boston's Newbury Street.
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Climate Change Poses a Brewing Problem for Tea
2015-06-04 18:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: A myth ties the origins of tea to an errant gust of wind that blew tea leaves into a Chinese emperor's hot water more than 4,700 years ago. Since that lucky first brewing, tea has become the second most popular beverage in the world (behind water, of course). The industry has grown into a $20 billion behemoth that sells everything from pedestrian PG Tips to luxurious Yunnan golden tips. Yet that industry and the farmers that rely on it for their livelihoods could be in hot water as the climate...
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Fracking poses potential risks some drinking water supplies: EPA study
2015-06-04 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fracking for shale oil and gas has not led to widespread pollution of drinking water, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draft report said on Thursday, although it warned some drilling activities could potentially cause health risks. The study, requested by Congress and five years in the making, said fracking could contaminate drinking water under certain conditions, such as when fluids used in the process leaked into the water table. The EPA said it found isolated cases of water contamination,...
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Obama: Climate change poses immediate risk to national security
2015-05-20 20:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: President Barack Obama had a strong message for graduates of the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut on Wednesday, and all the rest of us too: Global warming is a major security threat. During a commencement address at the academy, he linked changes in the climate to volatility and violence in the Middle East, and warned that global warming to undermine military readiness. He said military forces must adapt and prepare for the kinds of changes we`re already starting to see, but "such preparation...
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