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Coal Emissions in China Slash 5.5 Years off Life Expectancy, Study Says
2013-07-09 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The life expectancy of people living in northern China is 5 ½ years less than in southern China as a result of the north's notoriously bad air pollution, largely due to the burning of coal, according to a new study. In an analysis of air quality recordings from 90 Chinese cities from 1981 to 2000 and mortality data from the 1990s, a team of researchers estimated that high air pollution will cost the roughly 500 Getty Images million people living north of the Huai River a combined 2.5 billion...
More storms, more heat says WMO
2013-07-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: In the first decade of this century global sea level rise increased at about double the rate of the preceding hundred years, the World Meteorological Organization says. London, 3 July -- If you think the world is warming and the weather getting nastier, you`re right, according to the United Nations agency committed to understanding weather and climate. The World Meteorological Organization says the planet "experienced unprecedented high-impact climate extremes" in the ten years from 2001 to...
U.S. Households Biggest Benefactor Of Shale Boom, Economist Says
2013-07-08 18:15:00| OGI
The nation has competitive edge internationally due to low power costs, WSJs Moore says.
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Pepsi still contains carcinogen at worrisome levels, environmental group says
2013-07-07 07:12:07| Beverages - Topix.net
Back in March, both PepsiCo Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. said they would voluntarily reduce the levels of a carcinogenic by-product in their drinks nationwide.
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Illegal palm oil from an Indonesian national park used by Asian Agri, Wilmar, WWF report says
2013-07-05 18:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Illegal palm oil expansion inside Indonesias Tesso Nilo National Park is threatening protected forests and the reputation of two companies who claim to be sources of sustainably-produced palm oil, says a new WWF-Indonesia report. In its June 26 report, Palming Off a National Park, WWF-Indonesia found that over 52,000 hectares of natural forests in the area have already been illegally converted into palm oil plantations. And fruits from the illegal plantations have made their way into the supply...
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