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Chances of La Nina event still 50 percent as Pacific cools: weather bureau

2016-06-07 08:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The chances of a La Nina weather event forming later in 2016 are 50 percent, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday, as the tropical Pacific Ocean continues to cool. The bureau had said in May that the strongest El Nino in nearly 20 years - which had damaged crop output in Asia and caused food shortages - had ended. It placed the likelihood of a subsequent La Nina at 50-50, where it remains. "The tropical Pacific Ocean remains in a neutral El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)...

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Scalia's death boosts legal chances for Obama's climate plan

2016-02-16 08:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A vote to block the Obama administration's ambitious climate regulation was one of Antonin Scalia's last acts as a Supreme Court justice. His sudden death may have opened a new path to the rule's survival. Scalia died Saturday. Four days earlier, he voted with the other conservative members of the high court to put a hold on the administration's plans to implement the Clean Power Plan while it is litigated. The regulation is designed to lower carbon emissions from U.S. power plants by 2030...

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United Kingdom: Climate Change Increased Chances Of Heavy Rains Such As Storm Desmond, Scientists Conclude

2015-12-11 01:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Man-made climate change has increased the chances of heavy rainfall in the area of the UK affected by Storm Desmond, scientists conclude. Researchers from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), University of Oxford and Climate Central used three independent analytical techniques to show that climate change has increased the likelihood of such rains by about 40%, with the range of increase running from 5% to 80%. The methods include statistical analyses of the historical temperature...

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Westport Innovations: Chances of Bankruptcy Are High

2015-11-16 23:51:55| Automakers - Topix.net

Shares of Westport Innovations have fallen considerably since I recommended selling the stock earlier in June. In the last five months, Westport's stock has depreciated almost 45% in value.

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