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US House gives Great Lakes cleanup 5 more years
2014-12-10 07:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The U.S. House approved a five-year extension Tuesday of a Great Lakes cleanup program that has pumped more than $1.6 billion into removing toxins, battling invasive species and making progress on other longstanding environmental threats. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has drawn rare bipartisan support in Congress since President Barack Obama started it in 2010. It has funded about 2,200 grants for water quality projects across the eight-state region. Among them: dredging sediments laced...
Its a great time to be in agriculture
2014-12-09 21:52:00| Beef
Get ready, says one futurist, because the coming decades will be one of the most innovative and exciting times ever to be in agriculture. And cattle producers will be at the forefront, as more people worldwide lift themselves out of poverty and consume more meat protein. BEEF Editors' Blog read more
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Australia: Bishop steps up lobbying stop Great Barrier Reef listed 'danger'
2014-12-09 03:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Julie Bishop has intensified diplomatic efforts to avoid the Great Barrier Reef being deemed in danger, claiming any listing would set a very dangerous precedent that would affect other heritage sites around the world. Bishop, who arrived in Lima for climate change talks on Tuesday, will use the trip to escalate Australias lobbying of other nations to avert the Great Barrier Reef being downgraded by Unescos world heritage committee next year. The committee, comprised of experts from 20...
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Study: Less lake effect snow, more rain near Great Lakes as climate changes
2014-12-07 15:26:17| Chemicals - Topix.net
The Great Lakes region could see less lake effect snow and more rain by the late 21st century, a new study suggests. The study by University of Wisconsin researchers says a warmer planet will mean up to a 50 percent drop in lake effect snow in areas downwind of the Great Lakes, which includes Buffalo and Syracuse.
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Study: Less lake effect snow, more rain near Great Lakes as climate changes
2014-12-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Syracuse: The Great Lakes region could see less lake effect snow and more rain by the late 21st century, a new study suggests. The study by University of Wisconsin researchers says a warmer planet will mean up to a 50 percent drop in lake effect snow in areas downwind of the Great Lakes, which includes Buffalo and Syracuse. As the lakes and air get several degrees warmer, and ice nearly disappears from the lakes, the air blowing from the west will bring more rain, the study says. "The total amount of...
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