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Report: Global warming could undercut efforts eradicate poverty
2014-11-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Climate change could undermine efforts to defeat extreme poverty around the globe, the World Bank warned Sunday. In a new report on the impact of global warming, the bank said sharp temperature rises would cut deeply into crop yields and water supplies in many areas and possibly set back efforts to bring populations out of poverty. "Climate change poses a substantial and escalating risk to development progress that could undermine global efforts to eliminate extreme poverty and promote shared...
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Global warming could undermine poverty
2014-11-24 02:06:45| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Climate change could undermine efforts to defeat extreme poverty around the globe, the World Bank says. In a new report on the impact of global warming, the bank said sharp temperature rises would cut deeply into crop yields and water supplies in many areas and possibly set back efforts to bring populations out of poverty. "Climate change poses a substantial and escalating risk to development progress that could undermine global efforts to eliminate extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity,"...
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New York braces for flooding as warming trend follows epic snowstorm
2014-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Even though her street was buried under 3 feet of snow, Jean Ulrich considered herself lucky so far. The octogenarian and lifelong resident of Bowmansville, just outside Buffalo, has seen lots of snow before but never, she said, like last week. Epic lake-effect snowfall pummeled the Buffalo region, dumping about 80 inches of snow, causing at least 13 deaths and virtually shutting down highways for days with thousands of stranded cars. This weekend the snow stopped, but more weather turmoil...
Bellevue Community Centers open for drop-in warming
2014-11-21 23:22:45| Paper - Topix.net
All Bellevue community centers will provide a place to help residents stay warm during the winter season at the facilities' drop-in hours to help residents stay warm throughout the winter season. In addition to the community center warming centers, the city is helping provide overnight Eastside winter shelters from now into March.
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Why Cold Weather Doesn't Mean Global Warming Isn't Real
2014-11-21 11:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Insider: The past couple weeks have given climate change skeptics plenty of events that seem like reasons to dispute global warming. An inundation of wintry weather across the country carried snowstorms and freezing temperatures everywhere from the Pacific Northwest to the Southeast. Most recently, snowstorms in Buffalo, NY have made travel impossible, caused roofs to buckle, and left at least a dozen people dead. If it's so cold and there's a dangerous amount of snow, then how could the Earth possibly...
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