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Climate change in Vermont: The struggle to adapt
2013-02-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Burlington Free Press: The three Vermont legislative committees picked the right day last week to hold a joint hearing on the effects of climate change on businesses. Some people were late after having to pick their way through the remnants of overnight freezing rain. As the hearing progressed, temperatures outdoors rose toward record heights. Weather forecasters talked of flood and wind alerts, and warned of plunging temperatures the next day. The consensus among the 40 or so people who testified at Wednesdays hearing...
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China\'s struggle with sugar smugglers far from over
2013-02-03 06:33:09| Sugar Industry News
LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - China\'s battle against sugar smugglers working across southern borders is failing as it keeps domestic prices higher than the world market to support its own production, officials say.
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IPPE - US Consumers Struggle with Rising Meat and Poultry Prices
2013-01-30 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The US meat sector is being hit not only by rising prices and the effects of the recent drought, but also the effect of rising prices against flat consumer incomes, writes Chris Harris.
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On battered Jersey shore, Sandy victims struggle with costs of climate change
2013-01-28 18:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Nearly three months after superstorm Sandy inundated their house with five feet of water, retirees Brian and Dorothy Beebe went to the town hall here, clutching a survey of their home stuffed into a brown envelope, eager to repair their split-level home along New Jersey's shore. When they left, their best-laid plans for their home, as well as for their life going forward had been thrown into doubt. At town hall, clerks told them they may have to elevate their house as high as 11 feet above sea...
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Coffee farmers struggle to adjust to climate change
2013-01-28 06:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Times: One of the biggest problems facing coffee farmers in India and elsewhere is climate change. Fluctuations in the weather have always happened, but they come more frequently now and are often more extreme, farmers say. Like many tropical crops, coffee needs predictable dry and wet seasons and cannot tolerate extreme temperature fluctuations. "Climate change is hitting us hard,' said Jacob Mammen, managing director of India's Badra Estates. Three times in recent years, Badra has lost a third of...
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