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Report: Climate change already affecting US economy, people
2013-01-11 23:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Kansas City Star: A new report warns that climate change driven by human activity already is affecting the American people and economy, with more frequent and intense heat waves, heavy downpours and, in some places, floods and droughts. A draft version of the National Climate Assessment that was released Friday warns that as the Earth continues to warm because of increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the health and livelihoods of many Americans and the ecosystems that sustain the country face...
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Seattle vs. Atlanta, the economy game | Jon Talton
2013-01-11 22:53:05| Air Courier - Topix.net
With all eyes on the Seahawks game, let's look at Atlanta as an economic player and the lessons that might be learned.
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Seattle vs. Atlanta, the economy game | Jon Talton
2013-01-11 22:43:25| Trucking - Topix.net
With all eyes on the Seahawks game, let's look at Atlanta as an economic player and the lessons that might be learned.
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The Political Economy of Climate Change
2013-01-11 17:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CounterPunch: By reports, 2012 was the warmest year in recorded history in the U.S. The last decade was the warmest on record globally. Even for those arguing other hypotheses also fit the warming climate, the consistency of warming, the joint probability in statistical terms, must give pause because the consequences are (1) very far along already and (2) potentially catastrophic in excess of previous human experience. Alternative hypotheses not only need to be plausible in a general sense, they require specific...
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Economy 'shrank at end of 2012'
2013-01-11 16:02:45| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) says the UK economy contracted 0.3% in the last three months of 2012.
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