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90% of Amazon deforestation occurs outside protected areas
2015-06-13 05:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Ten percent of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2012 and July 2014 occurred in protected areas, reports new research from Imazon. The study, based on spatial analysis, found that 158,400 hectares of the 1.531 million hectares cleared in the Amazon during the two-year period took place within 160 officially designated conservation units. Forest loss was heavily concentrated in 50 of those protected areas, which accounted for 96 percent of deforestation. Imazon says loss was...
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Can Arctic Be Developed and Protected?
2015-05-20 16:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Bouncing his knees like a drummer pounding on a bass pedal, adjusting his tie and shifting his weight in front of the multinational crowd, James Stotts was the most visibly anxious speaker. A lifelong Alaskan born and raised in Barrow--an outpost on the state's northern coast--he also may have been the most qualified, considering how much he has to lose. "The Arctic policy that's being set today actually is setting the stage for the next 100 years,' said Stotts, the president of the Inuit Circumpolar...
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Pamela Geller's anti-jihad ads protected by free speech: federal judge
2015-04-22 10:31:18| Railroads - Topix.net
Conservative activist Pamela Geller won the latest court decision against a local transportation authority trying to censor her anti-jihad and anti-sharia campaign. New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority had sought to keep off city buses one of four ads purchased by her American Freedom Defense Initiative.
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GM protected from switch lawsuits
2015-04-16 00:00:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A judge rules that General Motors is protected from dozens of lawsuits over faulty ignitions switches as a result of its 2009 bankruptcy filing.
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Scientists blast Cambodia for road proposed through protected forest
2015-04-10 05:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A group of scientists have expressed 'strong concerns' about mounting threats to wilderness and wildlife in Cambodia. In a resolution issued at the conclusion of their annual gathering in Phnom Penh, the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) urged the Cambodian government to carefully evaluate the impacts of a proposed road in Eastern Cambodia. "We have a number of worries, but our most immediate concern is the proposed road that would slice through...
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