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Ecuador approves Amazon oil drilling
2013-08-16 09:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Ecuador has abandoned a conservation plan that would have paid the country not to drill for oil in previously untouched parts of Yasuni National Park in the Amazon rainforest. President Rafael Correa said rich nations had failed to back the initiative, leaving Ecuador with no choice but go ahead with drilling. The park is one of the most biodiverse areas in the world. Hundreds of people gathered in Quito to protest against Mr Correa's decision. Oil exploitation has been taking place in...
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Ecuador's President Abandons No-Drilling Plan, Approves Oil Exploration In Amazon
2013-08-16 08:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: President Rafael Correa has given the all clear for rich countries to begin drilling for oil in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest on Thursday, abandoning an ambitious 2007 plan he proposed to stop oil exploration in a pristine preserve. Correa had sought $3.6 billion in contributions to maintain a moratorium on drilling in the remote Yasuni National Park, which was declared a biosphere reserve by the United Nations in 1989 and is home to two Indian tribes living in voluntary isolation. Environmentalist...
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U.S. ARL Approves Hentzen Coatings\' CARC Powder Top Coat
2013-08-16 07:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
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ASTM Sports Equipment Committee Approves Two New Airsoft Standards
2013-08-15 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Subcommittee F08.27 developed ASTM F2940, Practice for Airsoft Field Operation, and ASTM F2941, Practice for Airsoft Play Safety Briefing. While F2940 provides best practices for field layout, player equipment requirements, minimum engagement distances, chronograph procedures, and other key elements of field operation, F2941 includes guidelines for pre-activity safety briefing necessary for educating players on proper conduct, safe engagement distances, and other considerations. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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The wait is over for a natural blue! FDA approves spirulina as food...
2013-08-15 04:32:05| Chemicals - Topix.net
The wait is over for a natural blue! FDA approves spirulina as food color in US as Mars petition gets green light The FDA has added spirulina extract to its list of color additives exempt from certification, enabling gum and candy makers to use a natural blue for the first time.
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