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Crop conditions are a mix across the United States
2016-07-11 16:50:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
When it comes to crop production, most long-term farm operators are often heard saying that “no two years are the same”. That statement is certainly true in many portions of Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa as it relates to the 2016 growing season, in comparison to the previous year. read more
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Pacific?s Small Island States Adopt New Climate Change Strategy
2016-07-08 08:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EM TV PNG: Pacific island nations are among some of the most vulnerable islands that stand in the forefront of climate change, facing the challenges of sea level rises, compromising their land, health, social, economic aspects and their way of life, including threats to sustainable development. A recent meeting was held on June 24, 2016, between the Small Island States (SIS) from the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) to establish a new strategy to ensure their unique vulnerabilities are recognised and addressed...
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Small Island States adopt new climate change strategy
2016-07-03 23:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio New Zealand: The Small Island States of the Pacific Islands Forum have adopted a new climate change strategy to ensure their vulnerabilities are addressed as part of the regional policy agenda. The strategy was agreed to by leaders from the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and Tuvalu at a meeting last week in Palau. The Forum Secretariat's Development Co-operation Advisor, Alfred Schuster, says addressing climate change is one of the top priorities of the strategy. He says the Small Island...
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California firefighters contain most of state's biggest wildfire
2016-06-29 12:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters in central California had by Wednesday contained most of a major blaze that ranks as the biggest and deadliest of several that are raging in an early summer heatwave. Crews had contained about 60 percent of fire, named Erskine, up from 15 percent on Tuesday, in the drought-parched foothills near Lake Isabella in Kern County, about 110 miles (180 km) north of Los Angeles, fire managers said. A major highway through the area had also been reopened and more evacuees had been allowed...
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Education Commission of the States, 2016 National Forum on Educational Policy
2016-06-28 21:54:00| American School & University
Location Marriott Wardman Park Hotel 2660 Woodley Road, NW Washington, DC 20008 United States 38° 55' 29.7408" N, 77° 3' 11.9844" W See map: Google Maps
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