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Indonesia: To slow climate change, you have to start here
2015-12-23 16:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GlobalPost: The phrase climate change often summons images of exhaust-spewing trucks and coal plants blackening the skies. But theres a lesser-known source of emissions that the public should fear alongside traffic jams and filthy factories. And if this top polluter isnt reined in, humanitys efforts to ward off climate change disaster -- exemplified by the recent 196-country United Nations agreement in Paris -- could be doomed. That threat? Annual infernos driven by slash-and-burn farming that sweep...
Animals Are Helping to Slow Climate ChangeBut They're Dying
2015-12-19 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: The decline in animal populations in tropical forests may play a role in accelerating climate change, according to new research. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, shows how the loss of animals reduces the ability of forests to store carbon that would otherwise accelerate global warming. Large animals like large primates, tapirs and toucans play a key role distributing the seeds of the large trees that store the most carbon and in turn ensuring a healthy forest. The researchers...
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Buy-to-let market growth 'to slow'
2015-12-17 12:26:58| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The number of properties being bought by landlords will "fall away" over the next two years, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
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An Unusual Tech Bet Could Slow Climate Change
2015-12-15 17:58:56| Agriculture - Topix.net
Corn is king in the U.S. Midwest, and few companies in the field are larger than Archer Daniels Midland. The agribusiness giant runs a corn processing plant in Decatur, Ill.
European car sales race ahead, but VW stuck in slow gear
2015-12-15 10:54:22| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Biggest monthly percentage sales gain of 70 percent was posted by Jaguar Land Rover Group; Sales of Land Rovers jumped by 66.7 percent and Jaguars by 83.7 percent. Paris: European car sales soared by 13.7 percent in November, but scandal-plagued Volkswagen trailed the pack with only a 4.1-percent increase, data from a trade industry body showed Tuesday.
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