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'Risk of debt peril' when rates rise
2014-07-24 01:00:03| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A "relatively benign" rise in interest rates still has the potential to double the number of households facing debt problems, a think tank has said.
Can Scientific Advice on Coastal Risk Reduction Compete with We Will Not Retreat Politics?
2014-07-23 17:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The National Research Council, the nations top independent science advisory body, has issued Reducing Coastal Risks on the East and Gulf Coasts a smart report that should be read by anyone particularly elected officials in a coastal community. Below you can read an excerpt from the news release with a link to the full document. Ive written repeatedly on the great opportunities for limiting losses in coastal communities from storm surges and other threats exacerbated by rising seas. Of...
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Former Treasury Sec. Paulson calls climate change 'biggest risk of our time'
2014-07-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oregonian: There are no easy solutions to mitigate the risks of climate change, but ending fuel subsidies and taxing carbon could be the first steps, Former Treasury Sec. Henry Paulson Jr. said Friday in Portland. And if that were an easy sell to make anywhere, it should be Oregon, he told a crowd of community, business and political leaders at a talk hosted Friday by the Portland City Club. Paulson, who was in office when the economy collapsed in 2008, said he now considers climate change the biggest...
Climate risk for real estate values in south Florida
2014-07-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: Biologist Phil Stoddard is the mayor of South Miami, a South Florida suburb threatened by rising sea levels. Mayor Stoddard tells host Steve Curwood that municipalities in Florida are doing all they can to prepare for climate change, but he does not think the state government is taking the issue seriously, and the risk to real estate values is considerable. Transcript CURWOOD: It's Living on Earth. I'm Steve Curwood. The latest climate science is sobering when it comes to projected sea level...
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Oregonian: Oregon, other Northwest states see uptick in earthquake risk
2014-07-17 22:06:15| PortlandOnline
News story posted to oregonlive.com July 17, 2014.
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