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UN sees irreversible damage to planet fossil fuels
2014-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Humans are causing irreversible damage to the planet from burning fossil fuels, the biggest ever study of the available science concluded in a report designed to spur the fight against climate change. Theres a high risk of widespread harm from rising global temperatures, including floods, drought, extinction of species and ocean acidification, if the trend for increasing carbon emissions continues, a panel convened by a United Nations body said today in Copenhagen. Humans can avoid the worst if...
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Planet headed toward irreversible climate damage, UN warns
2014-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The globe is heading toward severe, pervasive, and irreversible climate change impacts if left unchecked, according to a new United Nations report. In its most comprehensive analysis ever undertaken, the U.N.s synthesis report released Sunday, finds that the evidence behind human influence on climate change is overwhelming and undeniable, as greenhouse gas emissions are the highest in history. The report, which over 800 scientists from 80 countries wrote, additionally drawing from 3,000...
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$9B Actos damage claim against Eli Lilly and Takeda cut by 99%
2014-10-28 16:48:50| Agriculture - Topix.net
Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/1u3lyxs That whopping $9 billion punitive damage award by a jury against Eli Lilly and Co. and its partner over the diabetes medicine Actos? The $9 billion award was excessive and should be reduced "to the maximum amount a jury could have properly awarded" under current U.S. law, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Doherty in Lafayette, La., has ruled.
UN report to warn irreversible climate change damage
2014-10-27 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A draft copy of a report from the UNs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that climate change could have serious, pervasive and irreversible effects on society and the environment. The report is currently being approved by governments and scientists and is set to be published next week. The report, which is designed to help governments fight climate change, will warn that urgent action is needed or the world could face irreversible damage, according to Reuters, which has...
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U.N. climate change draft sees risks of irreversible damage
2014-10-26 12:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Climate change may have "serious, pervasive and irreversible" impacts on human society and nature, according to a draft U.N. report due for approval this week that says governments still have time to avert the worst. Delegates from more than 100 governments and top scientists meet in Copenhagen on Oct 27-31 to edit the report, meant as the main guide for nations working on a U.N. deal to fight climate change at a summit in Paris in late 2015. They will publish the study on Nov. 2. European...
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