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Dirtiest Fuel Threatens 700-Year-Old Villages in Europe: Energy
2014-08-06 07:20:59| Appliances - Topix.net
Europe's energy dilemma -- burning the dirtiest coal while meeting pollution targets -- is crystallizing in opposition to a plan that would uproot 700- year-old villages and dig two pits the size of Manhattan.
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Indonesian Villagers Driven from Villages in Palm Oil Land Theft
2014-05-07 09:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Spiegel: Palm oil can be found in many of the products we consume each day. Much of it comes from Indonesia, where brutal methods are deployed against locals. One of the main suppliers says it is cleaning up its act, but has it really changed? Two months ago, soldiers abducted day laborer Titus, hit him with the butts of their rifles, whipped him and then let him wipe off the blood. It was only later that he found out the reason for his torture. A sign had been placed in his village, Bungku, stating, "This...
Climate change washing away Pacific villages
2014-01-27 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Solomon Star: Standing on a remote coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean watching children play, it was deeply saddening to realise they will soon have to leave a place that has been home to their people for thousands of years. Ontong Java, the most northerly part of Solomon Islands, is on the frontline of climate change. The rising seas are eating away the land and growing food is now almost impossible as salt poisons swamp taro, the staple crop. After 2000 years of settlement, it is increasingly likely that Ontong...
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Philippines evacuates coastal villages as super typhoon approaches en route for China
2013-09-20 07:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Philippines evacuated northern coastal villages, suspended ferry services and called in fishing boats on Friday as an approaching category-five storm, already labelled a super typhoon, gained strength on a path set for southern China. With center winds of 205 kph (127 mph) and gusts of up to 240 kph, Typhoon Usagi, the strongest storm to hit the Western Pacific this year, was moving northwest at 19 kph between the Philippines and Taiwan and headed for Hong Kong and south China. China's...
Officials make way for new subdivision on village's west side
2013-09-07 23:47:24| Railroads - Topix.net
In order to accommodate a subdivision planned at the former Lied's Nursery site in Menomonee Falls, village officials last week moved to include the land in the Menomonee Falls Sanitary Sewer Service Area.
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