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Global Climate Change and Nuclear Abolition: One Urgent Issue
2014-05-26 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Common Dreams: No two trans-national issues are more closely related than the abolition of nuclear weapons and global climate instability, for three reasons: first, nuclear war is the biggest potential accelerant of life-threatening climate change; second, the resources desperately needed to address climate issues continue to be poured into nuclear weapons and their delivery systems; and third, the solution to both challenges depends upon the same new way of thinking based in the reality that national and international...
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Inaction on Energy, Climate Change Risks Global Chaos
2014-05-16 23:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: The crisis in Ukraine has provided the West with a stark reminder of an inconvenient fact: Many of Europes liberal democracies are heavily dependent on Russia for their energy supplies. The latest move by Vladimir Putin in his campaign to destabilize the fragile elected government of Ukraine came this week, as he announced that supplies of natural gas to the country would be cut off at the end of May unless Ukraine pays for them in advance. Ukraine owes Russian gas giant Gazprom $3.5 billion,...
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Global climate change report: Impacts on Oregon, Pacific Northwest
2014-05-07 15:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oregonian: Reduced snowpacks, less water for irrigation, drought-related wildfires, rising sea levels and insect-infested timber. Those are just a few of the impacts of climate disruption that could affect Oregonians, two environmental groups warned Tuesday. The response comes on the heels of the release of the National Climate Assessment and specifically the report's portion addressing climate change impacts on Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. According to the regional report, temperatures are projected...
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Global Climate Change Impact on Volatile Weather Events
2014-05-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The National Climate Assessment only confirms what family farmers and ranchers have been experiencing: global climate change is increasing the occurrence and severity of volatile weather events, which then directly impact agricultural risk, farmers' bottom lines and the entire rural economy.
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Global warming report warns climate disruption in Maine, New England
2014-05-06 23:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sentinel: From fish migrations to stronger storms overwhelming aging infrastructure, global warming is already affecting life in Maine and other New England states in alarming ways, says a new federal report aimed at pressuring policymakers to take action on climate change. A polar bear roams the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Government scientists predict that two-thirds of the worlds polar bears will be killed off by 2050 and completely gone from Alaska because of thinning sea ice caused by global...
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