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LA Travelers Can Rent Model S for a Steep Fee
2013-10-13 02:22:31| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Travelers have an opportunity to test drive the Tesla Model S electric luxury car. Los Angeles-based MPG Car Rental has added the Model S electric vehicle in preparation for the upcoming holiday season for a steep rental charge of $499.99 per day. MPG also offers the BMW i3, Volkswagen Jetta TDI, Chevy Volt, Honda [...]The Article LA Travelers Can Rent Model S for a Steep Fee appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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In Mekong Delta, rice boom has steep environmental cost
2013-07-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale 360: Phan Dinh Duc leans against yellow sacks of freshly harvested rice. Its a warm spring evening in Vietnams Mekong Delta, and Duc, a local farmer, is waiting for traders to arrive by truck to purchase his produce and sell it on commodities markets. Beyond him lies a vast checkerboard of rice paddies, each filled with water and bordered by a network of canals and roughly 10-foot-high earthen dikes. They enable year-round rice cultivation in an area where, a half century ago, vast floodplains typically...
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Steep rise in football transfer fees
2013-07-12 08:51:56| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
International football transfer numbers fall slightly but the income they generate has risen sharply in the past six months, says governing body Fifa.
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Study Projects Steep Increase in NYC Heat-Related Deaths
2013-05-19 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: An increasing number of New Yorkers are likely to die from heat-related causes as global warming causes more extreme heat events, according to a new study released Sunday. The study found that heat-related mortality may rise 20 percent by the 2020s, and in some worst-case scenarios, it could increase by 90 percent or more by the 2080s, and the net temperature-related mortality, which includes the drop in deaths related to cold weather, could jump by a third compared to current levels. The study,...
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Steep decline for plants and animals
2013-05-12 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: More than half of common plant species and a third of animals could see a serious decline in their habitat range because of climate change. New research suggests that biodiversity around the globe will be significantly impacted if temperatures rise more than 2C. But the scientists say that the losses can be reduced if rapid action is taken to curb greenhouse gases. The paper is published in the journal, Nature Climate Change. An international team of researchers looked at the impacts...
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