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Half a billion people use WhatsApp
2014-04-23 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
OTT messaging provider attributes increase in users to strong growth in Brazil, India, Mexico and Russia.
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People of Color Are Already Getting Hit the Hardest by Climate Change
2014-04-22 06:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nation: Sixty-eight percent of African Americans live within thirty miles of a coal-fired power plant, the zone of maximum exposure to pollutants that cause an array of ailments, from heart disease to birth defects. Communities of color breathe in nearly forty percent more polluted air than whites. African American children are three times as likely to suffer an asthma attack. The NAACP launched its Climate Justice Initiative address the stark numbers head on. Working in conjunction with Little Village...
The six natural resources most drained by our 7 billion people
2014-04-22 04:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: With 7 billion people on the planet theoretically from today there will be an inevitable increase in the demand on the world's natural resources. Here are six already under severe pressure from current rates of consumption: 1. Water Freshwater only makes 2.5% of the total volume of the world's water, which is about 35 million km3. But considering 70% of that freshwater is in the form of ice and permanent snow cover and that we only have access to 200,000km3 of freshwater overall, it isn't...
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PHOTOS: This is what normal people wear to Coachella
2014-04-21 08:07:41| Apparel - Topix.net
APRIL 19: Guests attend day 2 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 19, 2014 in Indio, California.
People of Color Exposed to More Air Pollution
2014-04-19 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: People of color tend to live in neighborhoods that expose them to higher levels of air pollution when compared to Caucasians, a new nationwide study indicates. This study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, is the first of its kind to show a racial divide when it comes to air quality. Researchers at the University of Minnesota studied nitrogen dioxide (NO2) air levels in urban areas across the country and differentiated between specific areas in terms of their "nonwhite" or "white" populations....
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