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Al Gore says 'we will prevail' in fight against climate change
2016-02-18 10:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Al Gore is bullish on the future of humanity and our ability to confront climate change, telling the TED conference in Vancouver, "We are going to win this. We will prevail." It's been 10 years since Gore's first TED Talk, when he delivered a slide show about the climate crisis, months before the release of Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth. On Wednesday, he brought good news about the exponential adoption of solar and other renewable energy sources, the closing of U.S. coal...
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Support grows for genetically modified mosquitoes in Zika fight
2016-02-17 00:25:47| Biotech - Topix.net
It may be necessary to use controversial methods like genetically modified mosquitoes to wipe out the insects that are now spreading Zika acrossthe Americas, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Support grows for genetically modified mosquitoes in Zika fight It may be necessary to use controversial methods like genetically modified mosquitoes to wipe out the insects that are now spreading Zika acrossthe Americas, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
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Bacardi and Cuba fight for Havana Club
2016-02-16 21:26:06| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Rum-maker Bacardi calls for US authorities to reverse a decision granting the Cuban government rights to the Havana Club label.
Want to fight climate change? Eat more beans
2016-02-14 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Climate change may seem to many of us a challenge too daunting to tackle directly through our own actions. But there is one small change each of us can do to play our part shifting our diets to be healthier and more environmentally sustainable. The type of food we choose to eat makes up a big part of our personal carbon footprint. The meat and dairy that make up 22 percent of developed world diets are responsible for emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases, particularly methane and nitrous...
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Scalias passing starts a court fight for the ages
2016-02-14 12:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: In most presidential elections, Supreme Court nominations are a major issue for elites and a substantial concern for significant parts of the conservative movement. Other voters usually see the future makeup of the court as a side matter, or not essential to their decisions at all. Justice Antonin Scalias death on Saturday will change this. The issue of conservative judicial activism had already begun to take hold among liberals because of a series of fiercely ideological and precedent-shattering...
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