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UPDATE 1-Colonial delays gasoline pipeline restart to next week after leak
NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Colonial Pipeline, the country's largest refined products system, said on Thursday that it delayed the full restart of its main gasoline line to next week after last week's 6,000-barrel leak in Alabama.
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NHC sees 20 percent chance of cyclone in Gulf of Mexico
(Reuters) - A broad low pressure system over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico has a 20 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Thursday.
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Smarter farming could cut hunger in drought-hit southern Africa - researchers
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Southern African farmers facing hunger as a result of worsening drought know a lot about climate change but lack the resources to put solutions that work into place, agriculture and development researchers say.
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Weather exposes holes in H&M, Next clothing order chains
STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - European fashion retailers blamed the weather for below-forecast figures on Thursday as Hennes & Mauritz
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Sell last gasoline car by 2035 to meet climate goals, study says
OSLO, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The last gasoline-powered car will have to be sold by about 2035 to put the world on track to limit global warming to the most stringent goal set by world leaders last year, a study said on Thursday.
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Storm Julia weakens into a depression, meandering off of U.S. coast
(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Julia weakened into a depression and is expected to meander off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina for the next few days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Thursday.
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EXCLUSIVE-10 key findings from the first experts' poll on the best countries for social entrepreneurs
LONDON, Sept 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United States has come top of the first experts' poll on the best nations for entrepreneurs using businesses to tackle social problems but the survey found the work of social entrepreneurs remains a mystery to most people, hampering growth.
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UPDATE 3-Typhoon cuts power, lashes China with wind and rain before weakening
BEIJING, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Typhoon Meranti slammed into southeastern China on Thursday with strong winds and lashing rain that cut power to 1.65 million homes, but there were no reports of more casualties in what has been described as the strongest storm of the year globally.
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Tropical Depression 12 forms over western Cape Verde Islands: NHC
(Reuters) - Tropical Depression 12 has formed over the western Cape Verde Islands and is likely to strengthen over the next 24 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday.
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India's 2016 monsoon rains could fall below average: sources
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Monsoon rains in India, the world's second-biggest producer of rice and sugar, could fall below average this year, in the absence of the La Nina weather pattern, two senior officials at the state-run weather department said on Wednesday.
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