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The staggering economic cost of air pollution
2016-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Air pollution caused by energy production in the U.S. caused at least $131 billion in damages in the year 2011 alone, a new analysis concludes -- but while the number sounds grim, it's also a sign of improvement. In 2002, the damages totaled as high as $175 billion, and the decline in the past decade highlights the success of more stringent emissions regulations on the energy sector while also pointing out the need to continue cracking down. "The bulk of the cost of emissions is the result of health...
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Staggering charts show how much warmer 2015 has been any other year
2015-12-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: This year will go down in history as the warmest year on record, beating out 2014 for the dubious distinction. That fact alone is striking, considering the sped-up pace of global warming in recent years. However, it's the margin by which this year is beating out all others that is most impressive. On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a chart that illustrates how far ahead 2015 is compared to the six other warmest years on record. The chart essentially...
Greenland has lost a staggering amount of ice and its only getting worse
2015-12-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: A massive new study by 16 authors has calculated just how much ice the Greenland ice sheet has lost since the year 1900. And the number, says the paper just out in the journal Nature, is astounding: 9,103 gigatons (a gigaton is a billion metric tons). Thats over 9 trillion tons in total. And moreover, the rate of loss has been increasing, the research finds, with a doubling of annual loss in the period 2003 to 2010 compared with what it was throughout the 20th century. The study was led by...
Rail electrification costs 'staggering'
2015-11-20 01:25:39| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
An estimated 1.2bn hike in the cost of electrifying the Great Western Main Line is "staggering and unacceptable", Parliament's public spending watchdog says.
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The Money Spent Selling Sugar to Americans Is Staggering
2015-09-27 16:12:38| Beverages - Topix.net
There are new Pop Tarts, and they are Limited Edition. I know this because it says "Limited Edition" in bold red lettering inside a yellow banner that circumscribes the box .
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