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Solar power: making money or just changing the world?
2015-07-09 16:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: In 2010 the BBC ran a radio series called A History of the World in 100 Objects. Based on exhibits from the British Museum, the series stretched from pre-historic artefacts to a Russian revolutionary plate. Object 100 though was chosen to represent the future. Neil MacGregor the British art historian and Director of the British Museum decided that this object should be a solar powered lamp representing human ingenuity and the challenges that we face in the twenty-first century. This article was...
Could vegetarianism save the world? A move away from meat would cut ...
2015-07-09 16:00:55| Livestock - Topix.net
We're eating more meat than ever before, but our insatiable appetite for everything from burgers to roast chicken is having a serious effect on the environment, researchers claim. They say the livestock industry is responsible for rising greenhouse emissions, deforestation, as well as a decline in biodiversity and water quality.
Canada: B.C. watersheds at risk, according World Wildlife Fund report
2015-07-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Three of British Columbias four major watersheds are at high or moderate risk from the threats posed by climate change and fragmenting wildlife habitat, according to a new national report from the well-regarded World Wildlife Fund. It says the Fraser, B.C.s largest and longest river, draining an area which by itself is larger than 38 of Europes countries, is at high risk overall because of pollution, habitat fragmentation and the presence of invasive species in the watershed. These risks are...
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World is on collision course with fossil fuels, Gov. Jerry Brown says
2015-07-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: After two days of rubbing shoulders with an international collection of politicians, Gov. Jerry Brown emerged from a climate-change conference here with new partnerships in the fight against global warming. In a speech Wednesday to government officials and environmental advocates that capped his trip, the governor took aim at "troglodytes" who deny the threat of climate change, and insisted that all aspects of modern life must be scrutinized to save the planet. "We have to redesign our cities,...
The Opening Finals 2015: Live updates from day two at Nike World Headquarters
2015-07-08 12:33:38| Footwear - Topix.net
After a day of Elite 11 quarterback action , The Opening Finals kicks off Tuesday with the top 166 prospects in the country at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton. Over the course of the camp, five elite prospects with the Oregon Ducks on their short list - La'Mar Winston, Camilo Eifler, Chase Claypool, Jared Mayden and C.J. Pollard - are expected to announce college decisions.
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