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The Marshall Islands are Disappearing
2015-12-02 16:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Linber Anej waded out in low tide to haul concrete chunks and metal scraps to shore and rebuild the makeshift sea wall in front of his home. The temporary barrier is no match for the rising seas that regularly flood the shacks and muddy streets with saltwater and raw sewage, but every day except Sunday, Mr. Anej joins a group of men and boys to haul the flotsam back into place. "It's insane, I know," said Mr. Anej, 30, who lives with his family of 13, including his parents, siblings and children,...
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Arkansas a refuge from rising seas in Marshall Islands
2015-11-26 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Valentino Keimbar hides from the intense heat in the shade of a breadfruit tree, waiting for his basketball game to begin. It was supposed to start a couple of hours ago, maybe three, but time matters little here on the Marshall Islands. Keimbar would love to stay on this tiny string of atolls in the vast Pacific Ocean, which he considers a precious gift from his ancestors. But he fears hotter weather and rising seas may soon force everyone to go, and that many will choose an unlikely place 6,000...
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Captain Morgan distillation trial provokes US Virgin Islands review for Diageo
2015-11-25 15:42:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Diageo has confirmed that it is under investigation by authorities in the US Virgin Islands over the importation of what the company calls "sugar cane intermediate" instead of molasses for the production of rum at its Captain Morgan facility on the island of St Croix.
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Fortress Maldives: Protecting islands against climate change comes at a price
2015-11-02 11:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: This week, government ministers meeting in Paris will try to resolve a number of contentious issues that threaten to derail UN negotiations less than a month before a once-in-a-generation climate change summit convenes in the French capital. Much progress has been made toward an agreement with some 150 countries, large and small, now having submitted national plans to reduce the greenhouse emissions responsible for the crisis. But significant differences remain and a deal is by no means a foregone...
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Australia must help Pacific islands at Paris climate summit, says PNG leader
2015-11-02 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Papua New Guineas prime minister Peter ONeill has urged Australia to be an advocate for the Pacific in pushing for a strong agreement at this months worldwide climate change talks in Paris. The governments of more than 190 nations will meet at COP21 in the French capital, beginning on 30 November, to discuss a new global climate accord. ONeill and other Pacific leaders whose countries are already experiencing the impacts of climate change are preparing to vigorously prosecute their...
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