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Chaotic urbanization puts cities in harm's way: UN
2016-05-27 15:07:53| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The risk of man-made and natural disasters hitting fast-growing cities is rising, and national governments must do more to help municipal authorities protect residents through better planning, the head of the U.N. agency for human settlements said. UN-Habitat Executive Director Joan Clos said urbanization was accelerating, particularly in developing countries, while the capacity to keep it manageable was diminishing. The proportion of the global population living in urban areas has risen from...
Scaliaa s Death Harms Companiesa Interests in Supreme Court
2016-02-23 22:43:08| Food - Topix.net
A number of class-action cases that probably would have been decided in companies' favor are now up in the air. The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia triggered more than the brouhaha over who should appoint his successor, a story that's been vying with the presidential primaries for headlines since his Feb. 13 passing.
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Climate change's frost harms early plant reproduction, study finds
2016-02-05 13:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: The findings appear in the journal Global Change Biology. Climate change has many ecological effects, such as altering flowering phenology, or the blooming time of wildflowers, across the world. Altering blooming time often affects plant reproduction and survival, but the mechanisms behind these changes are not well understood. The researchers used two large-scale field experiments to assess how altering the phenology of the western spring beauty affects plant-pollinator interactions and plant...
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Study finds nanoparticle NMC material used in Li-ion batteries harms key soil bacterium
2016-02-04 22:56:09| Green Car Congress
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Gerard To President Obama: Market-Driven Energy Renaissance Can Achieve Environmental Progress Without Overregulation That Harms Consumers
2016-01-18 05:46:24| oilandgasonline News Articles
API President and CEO Jack Gerard said America’s energy renaissance has been driven not by federal government programs but by state leadership, private investment and innovation.
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