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Champagne given world heritage title
2015-07-04 21:24:25| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The industry behind champagne production has been handed world heritage status by the United Nations' cultural arm.
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Inside The Fight To Save A Beloved World War I Memorial From Demolition [VIDEO]
2015-07-04 09:47:59| Airlines - Topix.net
As America celebrates the 4th of July, and the world commemorates the centennial of World War I, one U.S. state is in danger of losing a memorial to its veterans killed in action. The city of Honolulu is considering demolishing its official memorial to the fallen of World War I and moving a portion of the memorial across the street to the site of a separate remembrance plaque.
Coastal Alaska natives face some of highest shoreline erosion in the world'
2015-07-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: They already knew climate change was changing their lives for the worse. The ice the Iupiat people used for centuries to hunt bowhead whales on a fragile barrier island on the Chukchi Sea had thinned so much that hunting was too risky. Ice melted by high temperatures from climate change made flooding part of their way of life. State and federal officials have seriously considered moving their entire village inland. But no one had a full assessment of the threat. Now the U.S. Geological Survey...
World must cut pollution to save marine life, study warns
2015-07-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Press: If left unchecked, global warming will cause irreversible damage to marine life in the world's oceans, forcing fish to search for cooler waters and destroying valuable coral reefs, an international study said Thursday. Keeping global average temperatures within two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures is the only way to stave off the worst effects of climate change on the Earth's oceans, which provide 90 percent of the planet's habitable space, said the study in the journal Science....
Cities, regions call for robust world climate pact
2015-07-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Thousands of cities, provinces and states from around the world urged national governments on Thursday to deliver a "robust, binding, equitable and universal" planet-saving climate pact in December. In a declaration at the close of a two-day gathering in the French city of Lyon, they committed to doing their part to halt global warming in support of national and international efforts. But they also asked for money to do so. "We call on national governments and financial institutions to upscale...
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