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Npower threatened with bailiffs
2014-09-11 16:11:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A man who was never a customer of the energy giant Npower was threatened with a bill of 5,600, but has now won his legal action after a two year battle.
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Threatened ozone layer shows first sign of recovery: U.N
2014-09-10 20:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The ozone layer that shields life from cancer-causing solar rays is showing its first sign of recovery after years of dangerous depletion, a U.N. study said on Wednesday, in a rare piece of good news on the environment. Experts said it was largely down to global action - a 1987 ban on man-made gases that damage the fragile high-altitude screen. The agreement would help prevent millions of cases of skin cancer and other conditions, they added. The ozone hole that appears over Antarctica has...
Almost Half North American Bird Species Threatened By Climate Change
2014-09-09 16:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Nearly half the bird species in North America are threatened by climate change, according to a new report. The report, published Monday by the National Audubon Society, found that as the the climate of North America changes, 126 bird species will lose more than half - with some at risk of losing 100 percent - of their current ranges by 2050, and will have no possibility of colonizing new areas if warming continues unabated. That`s about 21 percent of North America`s 650 or so bird species. On...
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Threatened coral: Climate change puts 20 types at risk
2014-08-28 08:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Monitor: Washington -- The US government is protecting 20 types of colorful coral by putting them on the list of threatened species, partly because of climate change. Coral reefs are one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth, providing habitat for many marine species. Protecting and conserving these biologically rich ecosystems is essential, and the Endangered Species Act gives us the tools to conserve and recover those corals ?most in need of protection, Eileen Sobeck, assistant administrator...
Feds protect 20 species of coral as threatened
2014-08-27 22:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The federal government is protecting 20 types of colorful coral by putting them on the list of threatened species, partly because of climate change. As with the polar bear, much of the threat to the coral species is because of future expected problems due to global warming, said David Bernhart, an endangered-species official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. These coral species are already being hurt by climate change "but not to the point that they are endangered yet," he...
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