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Ghanas gold diggers: Scramble comes at high cost

2016-02-08 12:08:01| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

SciDevNet: People have mined for gold in what is now Ghana for thousands of years. The precious metal has always been easy to find, hence the name the British gave the country when they colonised it: the Gold Coast. In this four-part film series, we investigate the role of illegal, small-scale mining an increasingly important part of Ghanas gold producing industry and its impacts on human health and the environment. As a result of a modern-day gold rush induced by a spike in the price of the metal triggered...

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For French Ski Resorts, a Scramble to Offset Snow Deficit

2016-01-11 19:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Bright sunshine and mostly brown slopes welcomed skiers to the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc Valley just before New Year's Eve, a sight that hardly came as a shock. Across France, December 2015 was already on track to be the warmest since 1900, a fact since confirmed by Météo France, the national weather service. The toll of global warming on Alpine ski resorts has already been well documented. A 2006-7 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which landed in the middle of...

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World Leaders Scramble to Finalize Historic Climate Change Deal

2015-12-11 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ABC: World leaders are meeting in Paris to finalize a historic climate deal that calls on industrialized nations to cut emissions in an effort to slow the effects of climate change. Government officials are now scrambling to get a deal done after Friday's original deadline passed. Who are the players? The number of countries participating in talks totals 186. The worlds biggest offenders if carbon emissions China, the United States, the European Union and India -- are working on the draft deal....

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Dow, DuPont Merger Would Spark European Chemicals Scramble

2015-12-09 16:39:06| Chemicals - Topix.net

A mega-merger between Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. stands to have far-reaching consequences for European rivals, prompting a series of follow-on combinations as pesticide and seed makers scramble to face the emergence of a U.S. giant.

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