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St. Lawrence belugas threatened by pipeline plans
2013-12-01 05:12:50| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A beluga and baby. The St. Lawrence estuary beluga population is at risk -- and may be more so if TransCanada gets the go-ahead to build a port in Riviere-du-Loup, Que.
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Australia under fire for failing to protect threatened animals
2013-11-26 05:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia is failing to protect its endangered species due a "dreadful' track record in planning, monitoring and responding to threats, a group of leading conservationists has warned. A paper published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment states that monitoring is a "critical part' of effective species conservation, but that "many species are being monitored until they go extinct'. "Management intervention should be triggered when it becomes apparent that a monitored species...
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Climate, Ozone Threatened by Increasing Emissions of Laughing Gas, UNEP Warns
2013-11-21 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), also known as laughing gas, could double by 2050, threatening gains made in healing the ozone layer, the United Nations Environment Program warns in a new report. Agriculture is by far the number one contributor to N2O emissions, accounting for some two-thirds, with other major sources including fossil fuel combustion, biomass burning and wastewater. "Although not as prevalent in the atmosphere as CO2 in terms of mass, N2O ... is far from a laughing matter...
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Boycott threatened after racial profiling claims a...
2013-11-05 05:36:44| Apparel - Topix.net
The Reverend Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders in New York on Monday threatened a holiday season shopping boycott after meeting with Macy's Inc Chairman Terry Lundgren to discuss accusations of racial profiling of shoppers.
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Global food supply threatened by climate change
2013-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GMA: Harvest time may not be quite as abundant as in previous years. The culprit? Climate change. Scientists have concluded that global warming makes it more difficult for crops to thrive in many parts of the world, posing a very real threat to the overall food supply, a New York Times report said. While rising temperatures have beneficial effects on crops planted in a few locales, in the coming decades global production of crops may be reduced by as much as two percent each decade, for the...
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