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Heatwaves projected to double by 2020, study says
2013-08-15 14:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The areas of the world hit by heatwaves are set to double in size by 2020 and continue to grow in coming decades, as heat-trapping greenhouse gases warm the global climate, scientists in Germany and Spain said on Thursday. The projections, based on new computer models and reviewing what the scientists said was an "exceptional number of extreme heatwaves" in the past decade, are more alarming than the conclusions of the U.N. panel of climate scientists last year. That report by the Intergovernmental...
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UPDATE 1-Li & Fung H1 profit tumbles 70 pct but says worst is over
2013-08-13 11:58:16| Logistics - Topix.net
Global sourcing firm Li & Fung Ltd's first-half net profit tumbled nearly 70 percent to its lowest level in eight years on sluggish consumer sentiment in Europe and the United States, but it said it was on track to recover this year.
United Kingdom: There's no room for wind farms but plenty for fracking, says PM
2013-08-08 23:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: In comments that will delight rural communities opposed to wind farms, the Prime Minister said that "there is a limited potential for onshore wind' in the UK. Mr Cameron instead said that he wants the UK to focus on shale gas exploration, nuclear power and offshore wind. With anti-fracking protests continuing in parts of the countryside, the Prime Minister said he wanted to "dispel myths' about the controversial technique and said that there is "no question of having earthquakes and fire coming...
Graze and end climate change, biologist says
2013-08-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Green Blog: Jim Laurie figures hes heard the solution to climate change: bring on the cows. Or sheep. Or just about any grazing animals. Laurie is a proponent of a method of restoring exhausted land that is causing a stirif not yet an avalancheof interest among ranchers, farmers and environmentalists. It involves bringing livestock onto spent and unproductive land for a short tour of munchingmaybe a day, a few days, or a week. If theres not enough to eat, bring feed to them, he says. What the animals...
Young people will buy cars again, auto industry says
2013-08-07 05:07:42| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Young people have been buying fewer cars since the Great Recession, but the auto industry predicts they'll be back in showrooms once their financial circumstances improve.
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