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Climate change could displace half a million people from islands
2015-10-06 16:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Residents of the Marshall Islands in the North Pacific know they have it bad. Flooding is on the rise and many face the real possibility that their island homes will disappear by the end of the century. Now, a new study projects things could even be worse than previously thought for low-lying island atolls around the world, which are home to half a million people and also host several key U.S. military installations. Studying the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, scientists from the U.S. Geological...
Eleven Spanish islands sign up to smart city initiative
2015-10-05 09:07:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Spain's industry ministry has announced that a total of eleven islands have submitted applications to the "Smart Islands" tender open to local governments on any of the Balearic or Canary Islands. The total cost of the proposed projects is EUR 69.4 million, well over double the EUR 30 million allocated to the tender, with ICT development agency Red.es now tasked with selecting the smart city plans that best meet the objectives of contributing to the improvement of public services and mitigating the negative effects of insularity. The islands that have submitted bids are Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, El Hierro, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera.
Hawaiian Islands Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs / October 1-2, 2015
2015-10-01 20:10:08| Airlines - Topix.net
Here's a link to the live web cam on the summit of near 13,800 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. This web cam is available during the daylight hours here in the islandsa and when there's a big moon shining down during the night at times.
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Obama, Xi make climate vow but clash on rights, islands
2015-09-26 21:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: U.S. President Barack Obama and mainland China leader Xi Jinping vowed to fight global warming and halt commercial cybertheft on Friday, but exchanged sharp words on human rights and territorial disputes. At an extraordinary joint news conference, Obama chided the mainland on its treatment of dissidents and insisted hacking attacks on U.S. firms must stop, even as he thanked Xi for his commitment on climate change. The world's top two economic powers are also its biggest polluters, and campaigners...
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US Virgin Islands sues oil company over shuttered refinery
2015-09-14 22:28:46| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
In this Jan. 18, 2012 file photo, the Hovensa oil refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is suing a major oil company over pollution leaking from a now-shuttered refinery that was once among the world's largest.
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