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Amid climate change what's more important: Protecting money or people?
2014-12-22 01:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: At the latest round of international climate talks this month in Lima, Peru, melting glaciers in the Andes and recent droughts provided a fitting backdrop for the negotiators' recognition that it is too late to prevent climate change, no matter how fast we ultimately act to limit it. They now confront an issue that many had hoped to avoid: adaptation. Adapting to climate change will carry a high price tag. Sea walls are needed to protect coastal areas against floods, such as those in the New York...
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Featured Poll: Protecting the Grid from Attack
2014-12-09 21:58:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Until recently the U.S. power industry has pretty much ignored the vulnerability of the grid to physical attack. read more
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Protecting communities from potential impacts climate change
2014-11-04 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Given recent international turmoil, climate change may seem like a second-tier priority. In fact, climate change may be accelerating instability in vulnerable areas of the world. There is a growing number of military, intelligence and security leaders who are expressing concern about climate change and weather events as a national security threat. The Pentagon recently released a 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, which states that climate change poses an immediate risk to national security,...
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Protecting Your Family from Lead Poisoning
2014-11-03 15:51:17| IT Services - Topix.net
Cheryl Turcotte, Former EPA Supervisor, says "Any amount, even the tiniest, tiniest bit on the tip of our finger will have an impact on a child." Kids under the age of six are especially vulnerable to lead poisoning, which can severely affect physical and mental development.
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Tesla: Michigan lawmakers join Texas, other states protecting auto dealerships
2014-10-19 23:20:25| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Tesla Motors says legislators in Michigan and other states are passing anti-competitive laws to protect old fashioned automobile dealers who are threatened by Tesla's direct-to-consumer, no price-haggling sales methods. Tesla Motors is crying foul in Michigan, one of multiple states its says has taken action to protect old fashioned auto dealers from the expanding electric automobile maker.
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