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New York Life Rolls Across the U.S. Financing $535 Million in Property Deals
2016-07-08 14:14:00| National Real Estate Investor
Mark Heschmeyer New York Life Real Estate Investors, with more than $45 billion of assets under management, has announced originating six commercial mortgage loans totaling more than $535 million. read more
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The damage wrought by acidic oceans hurts more than marine life and lasts longer than you think
2016-07-08 13:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A milky white cloud blooms in the Barents Sea, so vast it can be seen from space. It`s not the result of some toxic chemical spill or the sinking of a dairy-filled tanker - it`s the handiwork of millions of microscopic algae, doing what their kind have done for millions of years. The algae, Emiliania huxleyi, somewhat mysteriously produce ultra-thin scales made of chalk that surround their single-celled bodies. While it`s not exactly clear how the scales benefit the algae, scientists say...
United Kingdom: An issue of life and death: Sadiq Khan unveils bold air quality plans for London
2016-07-07 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurActiv: On the 60th anniversary of the UK`s Clean Air Act, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced a plan to tackle toxic air, including the implementation of clean bus corridors, an extension of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) and an emissions surcharge. EurActiv`s partner edie.net reports. Launched as part of a major public consultation today (5 July), the mayor is taking much-needed action to clean up the air of a city which breached its annual pollution limits for 2016 in just one week. Key proposals...
Climate Change Claims a Lake, and a Way of Life
2016-07-07 11:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The water receded and the fish died. They surfaced by the tens of thousands, belly-up, and the stench drifted in the air for weeks. The birds that had fed on the fish had little choice but to abandon Lake Poopó, once Bolivias second-largest but now just a dry, salty expanse. Many of the Uru-Murato people, who had lived off its waters for generations, left as well, joining a new global march of refugees fleeing not war or persecution, but climate change. The lake was our mother and our father,...
Life before the Clean Air Act - your memories and pictures
2016-07-05 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The great smog of 1952 swathed London in a toxic smog of pollution, resulting in thousands of deaths over a four-day period. The Clean Air Act was a groundbreaking piece of legislation that led to the phase-out of coal in Britains towns and cities. Sheila Romain, 88, West Sussex Coming home from school one day I caught the bus from Crystal Palace to Dulwich. When we got to Gypsy Hill the bus driver said he couldnt see well enough to go on. I got off knowing I could walk home. When the driver...
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