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In State of the Union, Obama threatens Congress on climate change
2013-02-13 06:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: This was the threat: Pass a market-based climate-change plan -- maybe something like the cap-and-trade program John McCain once proposed -- or I will unleash my administration. What does that mean? The Environmental Protection Agency has already established a web of new clean-air rules, and it still has untapped authority to crack down on existing sources of greenhouse gases -- big power plants and factories. This authority comes from the Clean Air Act, a law passed by Congress. Dont like the...
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California middle school student allegedly threatens attack on school
2013-02-11 21:30:00| American School & University
Police say 12-year-old sent an e-mail threatening mass shooting at his Poway, Calif., school. Schoolhouse Beat read more
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Climate change threatens Asian birds
2013-02-11 08:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam are among the six countries whose bird species will suffer, in the future, from the effects of climate change, according to a research conducted by two British scientist institutions. Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, along with Bhutan, Nepal, and India, were taken as samples in a research whose representative results will be used to design a new global alert. The University of Durham and the international entity Poultry Life, in charge of the research, concluded that many...
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Climate change threatens food security
2013-02-07 10:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: TIM PALMER: The Asia Pacific region faces a dramatic collapse in food production if the planet continues tracking towards dangerous climate change. A new study warns that in the worst case, staple crops could fall by around 20 per cent, with the number of children suffering malnutrition surging. Environment reporter Sarah Clarke. SARAH CLARKE: With climate scientists warning of a long term global warming trend, the forecast across the Asia Pacific region is one of greater variability. The potential...
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Climate change threatens wolverines; protections proposed
2013-02-01 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Citing shrinking mountain snowpacks as a result of climate change, federal wildlife officials are proposing to list wolverines as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The animal, which resembles a small bear with a bushy tail, needs deep mountain snow to reproduce. Females give birth from mid-February through March in dens they excavate in alpine snow, typically using them until late April or early May. Global warming, which will diminish snowfall and cause earlier spring melt, could...
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