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The Dutch solution to floods: live with water, don't fight it
2014-02-16 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Nol and Wil Hooijmaaijers have been watching the TV news from Britain with some horror. "It's terrible to see, very sad, I am so sorry. And when you see the cows up to their knees in the water," Wils tuts and shakes her head. "We are so lucky." Sitting at their oak dining table, looking out of the windows of their modern farmhouse at the newly planted saplings standing firm in the grey afternoon, the couple know what it is like to lose a home on a flood plain. . Their old house and fields were...
Britain needs to learn to live with water
2014-02-16 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cornwall cut off; Chesil Beach remodelled; several thousand properties under water; tens of thousands of homes without power; and the number of deaths tragically rising. Fire and rescue services are caught up in the biggest mobilisation since the Second World War and still the wettest winter on record is not done. Currently, up to 3,000 homes could flood in the Thames Valley with 24 "danger to life" severe flood warnings in place and widespread disruption expected on road and rail as the half-term...
Obama: US must rethink the way it uses water as climate changes
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Warning that weather-related disasters will only get worse, President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. must rethink the way it uses water as he announced new federal aid to help drought-stricken California. Obama drew a clear connection between California's troubles and climate change as he toured part of a farm that will go unsown this year as the state faces its worst drought in more than 100 years. Even if the U.S. takes action now to curb pollution, the planet will keep getting warmer "for...
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Obama: Figure out how satisfy US water needs
2014-02-15 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama drew a link between climate change and California's drought, and said the U.S. must do a better job of figuring out how to make sure everyone's water needs are satisfied. On a tour of central California on Friday, Obama warned that weather-related disasters will only get worse. "We can't think of this simply as a zero-sum game. It can't just be a matter of there's going to be less and less water so I'm going to grab more and more of a shrinking share of water," Obama...
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Obama: Water distribution not a zero-sum game
2014-02-15 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama says the U.S. has to stop thinking of water as a "zero-sum" game and must do a better job of figuring out how to make sure everyone's water needs are satisfied. He toured central California on Friday and warned that weather-related disasters, like the drought, will only get worse. Obama announced more than $160 million in federal aid to help the state cope with its worst drought in more than 100 years. He also says he'll ask Congress for $1 billion to create a fund to...
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