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Pittsburgh Project Brings Opponents Together On Fracking Standards
Some of the nation's biggest oil and gas companies have made peace with environmentalists, agreeing to a voluntary set of tough new standards for fracking in the Northeast that could lead to a major ...Less U.N. Talk, More Action Needed On Climate: EU Draft
Fewer United Nations climate summits and more incentives through carbon pricing could speed up international efforts to slow the pace of global warming, a draft European Commission paper seen by ...
Japan Estimates Major Quake Could Cost $2.3T, 320K Lives
A major quake off the coast of central Japan could kill more than 320,000 people and cause 220 trillion yen ($2.3 trillion) in economic damage, a government panel said in a report that more than ...
Imagining A Future Filled With Driverless Cars
Visions of robotic self-driving cars may appear like something from a George Lucas film but in June 2011, this vision took a giant leap toward becoming reality when Nevada became the first state to ...
U.N. Bodies Want To Tackle Drought To Avert Food Crisis
U.N. agencies want to strengthen national drought policies after warnings that climate change would increase their frequency and severity. Droughts cause more deaths and displacement than floods or ...Drought Conditions Improve In U.S. Plains: Report
Drought continued to retreat in many areas of the U.S. Plains last week as snow and rainfall replenished parched soils and gave farmers and ranchers an improved outlook for better crop and livestock ...Ex-JPMorgan Execs Pressed About $6B Trading Loss At Senate Hearing
Two former high-ranking executives at JPMorgan Chase faced tough questions from U.S. senators Friday about why the bank played down risks and hid losses from regulators when it was losing billions of ...
New Zealand Suffering Worst Drought In 30 Years
Dairy farmer John Rose has sent more than 100 of his cows to the slaughterhouse over recent weeks as a severe drought browned pastures in New Zealand's normally verdant North Island. He had to thin ...