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Top BNSF rail executive says safer tanker car can greatly lower risk of oil by rail disasters
2014-08-28 17:17:11| Railroads - Topix.net
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway's executive chairman Matthew Rose says his company wants safer ways to haul volatile oil by rail from the Bakken fields of North Dakota to refineries and terminals in Washington and around the country that have seen rapidly increasing traffic since 2011.
Huffington Post: Airbnb Hosts Offer Neighbors A Home Away From Home During Disasters
2014-08-20 15:44:22| PortlandOnline
News story posted to huffingtonpost.com August 19, 2014.
Report Says Unified Approach Needed to Prepare for Coastal Disasters
2014-07-24 16:55:49| ENR.com: Headline News
National Research Council study calls for proactive approach to coastal disaster protection.
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Weather Disasters Caused 2 Million Deaths, Cost $2.4 Trillion Since 1970
2014-07-17 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) details some of the worst historical results of climate change--death and trillions in economic losses. According to the WMO`s report, 8,835 climate- and weather-related events took place from 1970 to 2012, ranging from droughts and floods to cyclones and heatwaves. Collectively, they caused 1.94 million deaths, with their aftermaths costing about $2.4 trillion. The report contains a series of maps that break down deaths and dollars...
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Safer climate disasters
2014-06-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Project Syndicate: Too often, participants in the climate-change debate make an erroneous distinction between protecting ourselves from the longer-term impact of global warming and better preparing ourselves against todays extreme weather events. Recent reports from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have sought to break down this artificial divide. While seeking to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, we must work toward more effective disaster-risk management. Adaptation to climate...
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