Anger at Kenya Biofuel Approval:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7484964.stm
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Category: RT Newswire
USE ME! Essentially, this is a catch all for everything. This is probably the ONLY category where things that are not directly related to Rising Tide affiliates/allies should go. For example if a coal company goes out of business (and we didn’t directly cause it) it should probably only go here.
Midwest Floods Spotlight Decrepit Infrastructure
Midwest Floods Spotlight Decrepit Infrastructure:
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0127639020080701
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Georgia Judge Yanks Coal Power Permit on Climate Concerns
Georgia Judge Yanks Coal Power Permit on Climate Concerns:
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/01/10017/
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Property Insurers Confront Rising Catastrophe Losses
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“Bad weather has cost U.S. property insurers more than $5 billion so
far in second-quarter catastrophe-related claims — equal to about
three-quarters of all catastrophe claims during 2007 — and could
push the industry to an underwriting loss.”
“The Insurance Services Office defines a catastrophe as an event that causes
more than $25 million in insured losses and causes a major disruption.”
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The Wall Street Journal
June 30, 2008
Property Insurers Confront Rising Catastrophe Losses
By LAVONNE KUYKENDALL
Bad weather has cost U.S. property insurers more than $5 billion so
far in second-quarter catastrophe-related claims — equal to about
three-quarters of all catastrophe claims during 2007 — and could
push the industry to an underwriting loss.