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Big oil companies united to fight regulations - but spent millions bracing for climate change
2015-12-31 12:26:31| Chemicals - Topix.net
"Let's face it: The science of climate change is too uncertain to mandate a plan of action that could plunge economies into turmoil," the ad said. "Scientists cannot predict with certainty if temperatures will increase, by how much and where changes will occur."
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Progress to fight climate change must continue
2015-12-25 06:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: America's children have lots to celebrate this holiday season with climate victories both at home and abroad. The global climate agreement reached in Paris will help reduce the health threats posed by climate change, including extreme temperatures, poor air quality and more frequent deadly extreme weather events. At home, the Environmental Protection Agency is looking out for our children through America's Clean Power Plan, which sets the first federal limits on carbon pollution from power...
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UK gives Ethiopia 30m to fight drought similar in scale 1984 crisis
2015-12-23 13:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK will provide an extra 30m in aid for Ethiopia, where a prolonged drought means that more than 18 million people will need urgent relief in the next year, according to the Department for International Development (DfID). Half of the cash is earmarked for the UNS World Food Programme to supply emergency food supplies to around 1.9 million people, while 14m will go to a pooled fund that can be accessed by UN agencies and NGOs providing emergency water and healthcare. The funding was...
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GOP chairman intensifies fight with White House environmental panel
2015-12-21 23:48:27| Waste Management - Topix.net
Sen. James Inhofe said Monday that he still hasn't received information he requested last month from a White House environmental advisory panel. Inhofe, the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, has questioned whether the White House's Council on Environmental Quality is allowed to continue operating since the Senate has not recently confirmed a full-time head for the panel.
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2015 Research Review: Looking for genetic answers in PRRS fight
2015-12-21 19:19:00| National Hog Farmer
Research by John Harding, Carolyn Ashley, Predrag Novakovic and Susan Detmer, all from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan; Andrea Ladinig, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan and the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna; Jamie Wilkinson, Tianfu Yang and Graham Plastow, all from the Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta; and Joan Lunney, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, Md. Novel findings from the Pregnant Gilt Model will contribute to the development of genetic lines that are more resilient to reproductive PRRSV, helping to mitigate losses in the event of a reproductive outbreak. read more
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