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Godfather of global warming's frightening prediction is getting the cold shoulder
2015-07-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: We're entering the final sprint toward one of the most consequential rounds of climate change negotiations in history, which will take place in Paris this December. Those talks have the goal of devising an international agreement that will limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, above preindustrial levels by 2100. Study after study has already found that this goal is going to be extremely difficult for the world to reach, in light of recent emissions trajectories...
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B.C. farmland lost to tree planting for carbon credits is a frightening loss
2015-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Thousands of hectares of agricultural land in British Columbia are being planted with trees so that companies can gain credits for carbon sequestration, says NDP agricultural critic Lana Popham. During a tour of the province, the MLA has been hearing about the practice from ranchers and farmers who are worried about the loss of food productivity and who say they are being outbid for good farmland by large, foreign corporations. Given the massive drought in California and the uncertain future...
Flight from GR to Chicago lands safely after frightening mechanical problems
2015-03-15 01:55:21| Airlines - Topix.net
A representative with The Department of Aviation said that United Airlines Flight 3645 experienced "mechanical problems" while on it's path to People that were on the flight were told the landing gear in the front of the plane did not deploy properly- forcing the pilot to land the plane without it.
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Frightening attack on real estate agent underscores need for safety
2014-10-13 21:42:35| Real Estate - Topix.net
A 55-year-old Orange County real estate agent was attacked by a man outside a Laguna Niguel home she had listed and she was lucky to escape with moderate injuries. Police reports say that the agent was securing the lockbox on the home when she was jumped by a man who put her in a chokehold and began punching her.
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Parenting Handbook: World's Most Frightening School Looks Like a Slithering Snake
2014-09-11 17:25:26| Real Estate - Topix.net
Because all children adore enormous venomous snakes, local firm D'houndt + Bajart Architectes designed this canteen for a local school in Lille, France, to resemble a serpent slithering across the campus. Sheathed in a repeating brick pattern with an angular, undulating roof, the Boa Canteen's exterior is meant to serve as an "organic membrane" and "protective boundary" with "scale-like" windows.
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