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World Bank calls for investment in solar
2013-07-25 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Solar Power: WBG is aiming to double the share of renewable energy power from 15% globally, to 30%. The World Bank Group (WBG) has released a report calling for more investment in solar energy as a tool for tackling extreme poverty. The 31-page report entitled Toward a Sustainable Future for All: Directions for the World Bank Group's Energy Sector, said that solar and other renewables had key role to play in helping reduce energy poverty, but "critically needed' more investment. The report's major goals...
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Ahead of World Hepatitis Day, UN urges greater efforts to fight silent epidemic'
2013-07-25 09:24:49| Electronics - Topix.net
Only one-third of the world's countries have national strategies for viral hepatitis, the United Nations health agency today said urging Governments to scale up measures to tackle this 'silent epidemic,' in particular the five types that, over time, cause chronic and debilitating illnesses.
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Arctic thawing could cost the world $60tn, scientists say
2013-07-24 13:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Rapid thawing of the Arctic could trigger a catastrophic "economic timebomb" which would cost trillions of dollars and undermine the global financial system, say a group of economists and polar scientists. Governments and industry have expected the widespread warming of the Arctic region in the past 20 years to be an economic boon, allowing the exploitation of new gas and oilfields and enabling shipping to travel faster between Europe and Asia. But the release of a single giant "pulse" of methane...
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PRESS RELEASE: SL Green Signs 23,406-Sq-Ft Lease With World Business Lenders At Tower 45
2013-07-23 18:02:00| National Real Estate Investor
Kimberly Gibbs SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) today announced that World Business Lenders LLC (WBL), a private provider of short-term and flexible commercial loans to small and mid-sized companies throughout the country, has signed a new headquarters lease covering 23,406 square feet on the entire 5th and 29th floors at 120 West 45th Street, aka Tower 45. read more
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Species not evolving fast enough to cope with a changing world
2013-07-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science NOW: Scientists know that climate change is putting species around the globe in peril, but just how much peril? After all, when evolution failed to keep pace with a major climatic event 65 million years ago, half the planet's species went extinct and dinosaurs were reduced to jittery feathered creatures that get bullied by squirrels on bird-feeders. A new study suggests that our current era of climate change won't just exceed the rate of evolution, but will do so by a factor of thousands. Although the...
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