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James Hansens new climate study is terrifying, but he still has hope
2015-07-23 05:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: When James Hansen speaks, climate hawks listen. Hansen was legendary during his long career as NASAs chief climatologist for being ahead of the curve on seeing the threat of catastrophic climate change. Now he teaches at Columbia University, and he has more bad news to deliver. According to a study conducted by Hansen and 16 coauthors, being published this week in the European Geophysical Unions open-access journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, the effects of even moderate warming on sea-level...
Study Finds US Consumers Use COOL in Purchase Decisions
2015-07-23 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - A recent study by the University of Arkansas showed that US consumers were more likely to purchase meat when it was identified as a US product.
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Recession, not gas, drove drop in US emissions: Study
2015-07-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Economic recession was the main cause for a drop in United States carbon dioxide emissions between 2007 and 2013 -- not a shift from coal- to gas-fuelled energy as widely claimed, researchers said Tuesday. US emissions of carbon dioxide, the main contributor to manmade global warming, fell by around 11 percent in the six-year period, according to a paper in the journal Nature Communications. "Coinciding with the post-2007 decline in emissions, innovations in hydraulic fracturing technology...
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New study says even 2 degrees of warming 'highly dangerous'
2015-07-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: When world leaders meet in Paris this December to agree on a new international treaty on climate change, their goal will be to keep atmospheric warming to 2 degrees Celsius, the point after which catastrophic climate change will be nearly inevitable, scientists say. But a new study being published this week by a team of 17 leading international climate scientists warns that even 2 degrees of warming is "highly dangerous" and could cause sea level rise of "at least several meters" this century, leaving...
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Study: How to Fund Interstate Highways In a Way Truckers and Drivers Can Support
2015-07-22 12:55:29| Trucking - Topix.net
As Congress once again struggles to find funding for a long-term highway bill, it is clear that the nation's Interstate highways desperately need a new, reliable funding source. And few industries need a healthy Interstate system more than the trucking industry.
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