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Why Obama linked climate change to his daughters asthma
2015-04-10 21:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: YOU HEAR THAT? Its President Obama dropping another climate gauntlet. The core of the presidents announcements late Tuesday was a set of initiatives meant to track, mitigate, and inform the public about the dangers of diseases exacerbated by human-caused global warming. But the vehicle for these policies was in its own way even more interesting: an anecdote about his daughter Malias childhood struggles with asthma. Malia had asthma when she was 4, and because we had good health insurance,...
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Dramatic Increases Cancer-Causing Radon PA Homes Linked Fracking
2015-04-09 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Common Dreams: Researchers in Pennsylvania have discovered that the prevalence of radon, a radioactive and carcinogenic gas, in peoples homes and commercial buildings that are nearer to fracking sites has increased dramatically in the state since the unconventional and controversial gas drilling practice began in the state just over a decade ago. Both odorless and tasteless, radon is a naturally-occurring gas released from bedrock minerals beneath the ground and is found in millions of homes across the country....
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'Warm blob' in Pacific Ocean linked to weird weather across the US
2015-04-09 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] The one common element in recent weather has been oddness. The West Coast has been warm and parched; the East Coast has been cold and snowed under. Fish are swimming into new waters, and hungry seals are washing up on California beaches. A long-lived patch of warm water off the West Coast, about 1 to 4 degrees Celsius (2 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit) above normal, is part of what's wreaking much of this mayhem, according to two University of Washington papers to appear in …
How Meat Consumption Is Linked to Climate Change and Drought
2015-04-08 18:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: As news keeps pouring in about Californias epic drought, Democracy Now! looks at the link between water shortages, climate change and meat consumption. Last week, Gov. Brown ordered residents and businesses to cut water use by 25 percent. The order, which was the first mandatory water restriction, was issued when the April 1 snowpack assessment revealed that snowpack levels are at 6 percent of normal for the state. The mandate, however, exempts some of the biggest water users in the stateBig Agriculture...
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Head London-listed company linked illegal clearing of Peru rainforest
2015-04-07 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The CEO of a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, that aims to become the worlds largest producer of cocoa, is responsible for illegally clearing swathes of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon, according to a report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The website for the Cayman Islands-based company, United Cacao, implies the company could be a force for positive change in the chocolate business, mostly produced in West Africa, stating that it seeks to provide a clear path...
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