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PG&E Strengthens Its Readiness For Catastrophic Earthquakes
2014-04-22 22:09:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Serving an active earthquake region, advanced preparation for natural disasters is a top priority for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to help ensure safe and reliable operations. read more
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More Renewable Energy Needed To Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change
2014-04-17 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CleanTechnica: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reinforced the call to action from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to limit global temperature increase and avert catastrophic climate change in a statement issued [this week]. The transition to a sustainable global energy mix must be accelerated, the Agency said, in order to reduce global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 40-70 percent compared with 2010 by 2050. Renewable energy, IRENA highlights, is the economically viable...
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Catastrophic Threshold Nears and Global Warming Body Calls for Dramatic Action
2014-04-14 07:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Street: The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sunday released the latest part of its Fifth Assessment Report, outlining the dramatic steps that need to be taken to avoid the catastrophic impacts of global warming caused by humans. Most significantly, the Summary for Policymakers portion of the report emphasizes the need for coordination on a planetary scale. "Effective mitigation will not be achieved if individual agents advance their own interests independently," the report emphasizes....
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Secretary of State Kerry on UN Climate Report: 'Costs Inaction Are Catastrophic'
2014-03-31 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The release of a United Nations report detailing the pervasive effects of climate change should serve as a call to action for the worlds nations to curb the emission of greenhouse gases, Secretary of State John Kerry argued Sunday night. In a statement issued by the State Department, Kerry called denial of climate change science malpractice and warned the costs of inaction are catastrophic. Read this report and you can't deny the reality: Unless we act dramatically and quickly, science...
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'Small' Nuclear War Could Trigger Catastrophic Cooling
2014-03-29 19:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Even a relatively small regional nuclear war could trigger global cooling, damage the ozone layer and cause droughts for more than a decade, researchers say. These findings should further spur the elimination of the more than 17,000 nuclear weapons that exist today, scientists added. During the Cold War, a nuclear exchange between superpowers was feared for years. One potential consequence of such a global nuclear war was "nuclear winter," wherein nuclear explosions sparked huge fires whose...
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