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Pacific nations 'very disappointed' by Tony Abbott's climate scepticism
2013-10-24 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott is risking the future of Australia's Pacific island neighbours by "burying his head in the sand" over climate change, according to Tony de Brum, the minister assisting the president of the Marshall Islands. De Brum told Guardian Australia that the Marshall Islands and other Pacific nations had been "very disappointed" with the new Coalition government's decision to scrap carbon pricing and abolish bodies such as the Climate Commission. On Wednesday, Abbott said that Christiana Figueres,...
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Climate change threatens Nepali farmers' livelihood and nation's food security
2013-10-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Churamani Neupane thought he was going through a normal monsoon when heavy rain arrived in June. But three days later, he found "normal" no longer applied. "My rice paddies had never been flooded before, but this time, they submerged into 2-meter-deep water," the 34-year-old farmer recalled of his first visit after the rain. "I was so stressed when I saw it, because much of my family's income relies on the rice sales." The flood finally faded away one week later, but the problem it caused didn't....
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Stephen Harper ignores Canadas First Nations at own peril: Walkom
2013-10-17 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Historically, the Canadian government has catered to aboriginals only when it needed them. It needs them now. Specifically, Prime Minister Stephen Harper needs First Nations on side if his government is to push through its ambitious resource development plans and reap the requisite political awards. British Columbias native communities have the capacity to tie up perhaps indefinitely Harpers proposed oil pipeline to the Pacific Coast. They have promised to do just that. Mining development...
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VIDEO: Emerging Asian nations face challenges
2013-10-09 02:38:26| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The International Monetary Fund trims its forecast for global economic growth amid slower expansion in emerging economies.
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Snap-on Incorporated Hosts Veterans in Nation's Capital: First...
2013-10-06 18:39:25| Appliances - Topix.net
Snap-on is the first company to partner with Honor Flight Network to send its own military veterans to visit the donation to the organization earlier this year.
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