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Typhoid hits Harare, as water crisis fuels fears of new epidemics
2016-01-29 05:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Health officials in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, have detected several cases of typhoid fever in the past week, adding to fears that a water crisis will fuel the spread of infectious diseases. The city's health director, Prosper Chonzi, said six cases of typhoid had been confirmed, with more expected to emerge. "The conditions on the ground - frequent water cuts and poor sanitation - are conducive to a typhoid outbreak," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Last year, more than 40 people...
Copenhagen set to divest from fossil fuels
2016-01-29 03:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Copenhagens mayor has announced plans to divest the citys 6.9bn Krona (700m) investment fund of all holdings in coal, oil and gas. If his proposal is approved at a finance committee meeting next Tuesday, as expected, the Danish capital will become the countrys first investment fund to sell its stocks and bonds in fossil fuels. Copenhagen is at the forefront of world cities in the green transition, and we are working hard to become the worlds first CO2 neutral capital in 2025. Therefore...
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In coal-powered China, electric car surge fuels fear worsening smog
2016-01-27 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Automakers' latest projections for rapid growth of China's green car market have added to concerns of worsening smog as the uptake of electric vehicles powered by coal-fired grids races ahead of a switch to cleaner energy. Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) plans 15 new-energy models over 3-5 years, its China chief told a green car conference in Beijing on Saturday, predicting - like the government - that Chinese production of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles would grow almost six times to 2 million...
Oil fuels 'schizophrenic' Wall Street rebound
2016-01-27 08:12:26| Biotech - Topix.net
Wall Street rebounded over 1 percent on Tuesday, driven by a surge in oil prices and strong quarterly results from 3M, Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble. All 10 major S&P sectors ended higher, led by a 3.78-percent rise in the energy sector.
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New product innovation fuels gains for milk alternatives - NPD round-up
2016-01-26 10:37:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Milk alternatives may lack the advertising heft of CSDs, the share-of-stomach of bottled water, the sophistication of coffee or the mind-numbing innovation of craft beer. But, what they do possess is the fastest per-capita consumption growth of any non-alcoholic beverage category in the US, an achievement many product categories would be envious about.
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