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"We were waiting for our deaths" - Kenyan widows saved by tribal elders
2016-06-23 00:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: "We were waiting for our deaths" - Kenyan widows saved by tribal elders Bangladesh declares lightning strikes a disaster as deaths surge From cleaning corpses to sex with strangers, widow rituals fuel disease in Africa Centuries-old African soil technique could combat climate change - scientists Branded witches and cursed by spirits, Kenyan widows ousted from land Kenyan law grants widows the right to live on their late husbands' property until they die, but poor women are often evicted...
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OECD warns of rising premature deaths, costs of air pollution
2016-06-09 17:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Outdoor air pollution could cause 6 to 9 million premature deaths and represent an economic cost of around $2.6 trillion a year by 2060 unless action is taken, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in a report released on Thursday. The OECD examined the economic consequences of air pollution and found that it could cost 1 percent of gross domestic product - or $2.6 trillion a year - by 2060. The economic cost would rise with a surge in related annual healthcare...
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Brazil files huge claim over dam deaths
2016-05-03 23:56:17| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Prosecutors in Brazil file a $43.5bn (30bn) civil lawsuit against iron miner Samarco, and its owners BHP Billiton and Vale.
Reckitt Benckiser says sorry for deaths
2016-05-02 13:46:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
British-based firm Reckitt Benckiser admits for the first time selling a humidifier disinfectant that killed a number of people in South Korea.
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Floods cause deaths and block food aid in drought-hit Ethiopia
2016-04-25 14:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Flash floods in drought-stricken parts of Ethiopia have killed people and livestock and are blocking food aid deliveries to hungry communities, a charity said. Ethiopians have been waiting for the spring rains to replenish water sources and to plant crops after the most severe drought in decades pushed more than 10 million people into hunger. But many livestock, weakened by the drought, have died following heavy rains in Ethiopia's remote Somali and Afar regions, the Norwegian Refugee Council...
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