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Cigna threatens to drop Saint Francis hospitals from FedEx health plan
2013-07-31 19:56:34| Air Courier - Topix.net
Health insurance giant Cigna Corp. has taken the first steps toward cutting off two Memphis hospitals from the FedEx Corp. employee patient population if a new contract with the hospitals' owner cannot be reached.
Sea-level rise threatens 1,400 cities
2013-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA TODAY: A rise in sea levels threatens the viability of more than 1,400 cities and towns, including Miami, Virginia Beach and Jacksonville, unless there are deep cuts in heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions, says an analysis out Monday. Prior emissions have already locked in 4 feet of future sea-level rise that will submerge parts of 316 municipalities, but the timing is unclear and could take hundreds of years, according to the paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. If global warming...
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Heatwave Threatens Profit for Housed Systems
2013-07-29 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ITALY – Hot conditions are causing yields on intensive housed systems to drop 10 per cent, the National Confederation of Farmers (Coldiretti) has announced.
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Climate threatens food security of Pacific islands
2013-07-23 05:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Isolated in the middle of the ocean, Pacific islands rely closely on fishing for their economy and food security. But global warming could considerably reduce their accessible fish resources over the coming decades. This is what has been revealed in the journal Nature Climate Change, a study by the IRD, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and their French, Australian and American partners. According to IPCC climate forecasts, the quantity of coral reef fish, essential for the inhabitants'...
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New Pipeline Threatens Wetlands in Gulf Coast Communities
2013-07-22 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In a region still scarred by the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Plains Southcap, LLC, is building a pipeline meant to carry conventional crude oil from Alabama to Mississippi, threatening waterways in both states. Set to finish construction this year, Southcaps underground pipeline would carry crude from the Ten Mile Terminal in Mobile, AL, to the Chevron refinery in Pascagoula, MS, tearing a path through Hamilton Creek, which feeds into Big Creek Lake, as well as Bangs Lake, only two...
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