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Torres Strait Islands under threat by rising seas
2015-01-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: SAMANTHA DONOVAN: The rising seas of the Torres Strait could make some islands uninhabitable in a few decades. To prepare for projected rises of 50 to 100 centimetres over the next century, the Torres Strait Regional Authority has developed a climate change strategy. The authority's chairman, Joseph Elu, says a joint federal and State Government project rebuilding sea walls on six of the region's 14 inhabited islands is helping. But he told Nance Haxton a more comprehensive plan is needed to...
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JD Wetherspoon withdraws Heineken delisting threat
2015-01-05 11:39:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
JD Wetherspoon has partially settled its dispute with Heineken following a falling-out over a supply issue in Ireland.
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Is Monsanto a bigger threat than global warming?
2015-01-05 07:20:14| Chemicals - Topix.net
I doubt that we can really answer this for both are about to do us in. The combination is a case of the whole being more than a sum of its parts.
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Aviation Industry Faces Pressure to Stop Greenhouse Gas Threat
2015-01-05 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News: If commercial aviation were a country, it would rank seventh in global greenhouse gas emissions according to a recent report by the International Council on Clean Transportation. The aviation industry is growing so quickly that its greenhouse gas emissions are expected on present trends to triple globally by 2050. The industry itself is committed to reducing its emissions, but technological and political constraints are hindering rapid progress. Technologically, the fate of aviation emissions...
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Viewpoint: Climate change is grave environmental threat
2015-01-03 03:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pensacola News Journal: With the start of a new term, Gov. Rick Scott faces a fresh opportunity to confront the gravest environmental threat of our time: climate change. But with Florida widely regarded as Americas ground zero for global warming, the state is moving in the wrong direction. State regulators recently acted to gut energy efficiency goals and end solar rebates. Thats wrong. And so is the governors refusal to address climate change despite a warning by the National Climate Assessment that Florida is...
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