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Xstrata: 900 workers will lose jobs at mining operations in Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Roughly 900 workers at the Dominican Republic's largest nickel mine will lose their jobs due to high production costs and a drop in the metal's value, international mining company Xstrata said Thursday....Tags: Metal and Mineral, Unions, Forestry and Timber, Mining, Falconbridge Limited
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Philip Morris uses man-made wetlands to filter wastewater from Virginia plant
AP Business WriterCHESTER, Va. (AP) — It started with the gnats. Then came the dragonflies and mice. Eventually the birds, foxes, turtles and deer stumbled upon a man-made wetlands that naturally filters wastewater from the nation's biggest tobacco maker. The...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Dining and Drinking, Environmental Pollution, University of Texas
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Oil tumbles below $44 a barrel, gas hits new low
AP Energy WriterOil tumbled below $44 a barrel Thursday and average gasoline prices slipped under $1.80 a gallon, both four year lows, as unemployment benefit claims hit a 26-year high and major companies announced more job cuts. The unprecedented decline in energy...Tags: Energy, Commodity Markets, Energy Resources, AAA, Energy Saving
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What to see today (completely vetted!):
South Florida Sun-SentinelWhen frequenting Basel and its spawn (fairs, installations, murals, etc), one needs a partner. It's too easy to get tired and plop down on a block of rose granite that appears to be a bench, but is in fact an abstract sculpture of a vegetable, perhaps a...Tags: Jason Schmidt, Endangered Species, George Segal, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Conservation
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Bush rule change could make it tougher for Congress to block drilling, mining on public lands
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration is trying to make it tougher for Congress to block mining and oil and gas drilling on public lands. The Bureau of Land Management, which manages 258 million acres of federal property, stripped from its...Tags: National Government, Natural Resource Industry, Upper House, Land Resources, Barack Obama
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Oil prices fall below $44 a barrel, gasoline below $1.80 a gallon in broad economic pullback
AP Energy WriterCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Oil tumbled below $44 a barrel Thursday and average gasoline prices slipped under $1.80 a gallon, both four year lows, as unemployment benefit claims hit a 26-year high and major companies announced more job cuts. The...Tags: Energy, Commodity Markets, Energy Resources, AAA, Energy Saving
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Future home uncertain for Berlin Zoo's superstar polar bear Knut, fluffball turned 440-pounder
Associated Press WritersBERLIN (AP) — Knut the superstar polar bear turns two on Friday looking nothing like the button-eyed ball of white fluff who captured hearts around the world. The star of the Berlin Zoo is a fully grown bear with yellowish fur who, at 440 pounds,...Tags: Nature, Endangered Species, Animals, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lobbying
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State plans to preserve 9,200 acres
In a move hailed by conservation leaders, Gov. Martin O'Malley announced plans yesterday to buy five large tracts of forest, farmland and waterfront for more than $71 million to preserve them from development and enhance public access to the Chesapeake...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Land Resources, Martin O'Malley, Conservation, Employees
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Warming to cold reality
It almost sounds like a crazy answer to a game of Telephone, a twisted final version of a sentence whispered from player to player at a party.
"Female polar bears are having difficulty conceiving and feeding their newborn cubs due to global warming."...Tags: Nature, Natural Resource Industry, Biology, Energy Resources, Trips and Vacations
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6 charged in ivory smuggling
NEW YORK Six African immigrants were charged Wednesday with smuggling ivory worth hundreds of thousands of dollars into the United States by disguising it as wooden musical instruments and carvings. The defendants were awaiting arraignment in federal...Tags: Nature, Endangered Species, Conservation, Wildlife
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Missing boater found dead in Indian River
Sentinel Staff WriterBREVARD COUNTY A friend of a missing boater found the man's body Wednesday floating in the Indian River, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. Jonathan Shawn Evans Waters, 32, was found 10 feet from the shoreline in Merritt Island at...Tags: Endangered Species, Brevard County, Conservation, Wildlife
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