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Australia: Coalition bid strip Tasmanian forests world heritage cover 'disappointing'
2014-11-09 21:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The head of the worlds leading conservation organisation has criticised the Australian governments attempt to strip world heritage protection from Tasmanias forests, as new data laid bare the vast number of ecosystems in Australia at risk of collapse. Julia Marton-Lefvre, director general of the IUCN, the body that advises the United Nations on conservation matters, told Guardian Australia it was disappointing that the Abbott government had launched a bid to remove 74,000ha of Tasmanian...
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This Map Shows How Climate Change Will Screw The Whole World
2014-11-09 15:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Insider: Some effects of climate change are obvious, such as warming temperatures, melting ice caps, and rising sea levels. But other impacts are more surprising. For example, climate change effects can harm food production and cause famines; alter habitats and cause mass die-offs of plants, animals and other organisms; and even threaten human health. The biggest climate-related risks vary across different regions of the world. The handy chart below, published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
World governments failing Earth's ecosystems, says top conservationist
2014-11-09 14:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Governments are lagging behind on international commitments to safeguard the planets ecosystems, with politicians failing to grasp that economic growth depends upon environmental protection, the head of the worlds leading conservation organisation has warned. Julia Marton-Lefvre, director general of the IUCN, the body that advises the United Nations on environmental matters, told Guardian Australia that conservation needed to be properly embraced by political leaders. I think world leaders...
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Praxair's Plan To Build New World HQ In Danbury Tops Week's News
2014-11-09 13:49:59| Chemicals - Topix.net
Danbury-based Praxair Inc ., a global leader in industrial gases and applications, has renewed its commitment to the city by announcing plans to build a new world headquarters in the city. Deputy House Speaker Bob Godfrey was re-elected by Danbury voters who also approved a $20 million bond package for public projects.
IPCC dropped key chart 'inconvenient' developed world: CSE
2014-11-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: Four days after the UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) brought out its detailed findings predicting a gloomy future for the world if it fails to cut emissions drastically, the Delhi-based research and advocacy group Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Thursday claimed the global body had dropped a key 'graph' from its synthesis report which was "inconvenient" to rich nations. The dropped 'graph' shows how developed countries shy away from focusing on their fast growing...
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