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Biggest Climate Threat You Never Heard of Is Stronger Than CO2
2015-10-30 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The biggest global warming battle youve never heard of kicks off in Dubai this weekend. Climate negotiators from across the globe will gather in the Persian Gulf city to debate how to get rid of hydrofluorocarbons -- a class of hundreds of artificial chemicals used in refrigerators, air-conditioners, fire suppressants and other widely used products. While less common than greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide or methane, HFCs can be thousands of times more potent, pound for pound, at heating up...
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Confusing government policy biggest threat to UK clean energy, says top academic
2015-10-05 17:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The biggest threat to renewable energy in the UK, and the countrys energy systems, comes from a lack of clarity on the part of government, a leading academic has said. Rob Gross, director of the centre for energy policy at Imperial College London, said on Monday: [There is a] lack of clarity over what they want people to do. This lack of clarity is erasing investment in everything. With more clarity, you would get more investment. Under the political machinations of the previous coalition...
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Pakistan: Unplanned wind power projects biggest threat birds
2015-05-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pakistan Observer: Wind turbines installed in Norway alone account for bird deaths ranging from 10,000 to 40,000 a year and the number is much larger than the birds killed by cats or glass walls of sky-rise buildings. Worldwide, the annual number of birds casualty due to power generation hits an appalling figure of one billion. These startling figures were shared by eminent ornithologist of the country and Director of Pakistan Wildlife Foundation Safwan Shahab Ahmad during a talk given at the Pakistan Youth Hostel...
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The biggest threat to Maccas and Coke
2014-11-10 04:40:34| Beverages - Topix.net
MCDONALD'S and Coca-Cola are staring down the barrel of oblivion. What's got them in such a tizzy? THE ultra-rich aren't like you and me - they're a different breed.
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The Biggest Threat Facing Johnson & Johnson
2014-10-05 13:38:23| Biotech - Topix.net
Its businesses include everything from Band-Aids to catheters, to cancer busting compounds. But Johnson's status as a dividend paying Goliath doesn't mean it's immune to pitfalls.
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