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Climate Change May Lead to Low Newborn Weights in Poorer Nations
2015-10-02 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
HealthDay: Climate change is expected to bring about a host of health harms, and a new study suggests that a surprising addition to that list might be an increase in the number of low birth weight babies born in poor nations. The researchers looked at almost 70,000 births in 19 African nations. The births occurred between 1986 and 2010. The researchers hoped to assess the relationship between rainfall, temperature and birth weight. They found that that lower levels of rainfall and an increased number of very...
First Nations' challenges of Northern Gateway pipeline to be heard in court
2015-10-01 02:46:40| Energy - Topix.net
Multiple legal challenges aimed at overturning the federal government's approval of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline will be heard starting tomorrow. The challenges are expected to put the government's environmental approval process and its responsibility to consult with aboriginal groups in the spotlight.
First Nations' challenges of Northern Gateway pipeline to be heard in court
2015-10-01 01:03:38| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Multiple legal challenges aimed at overturning the federal government's approval of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline will be heard starting tomorrow. The challenges are expected to put the government's environmental approval process and its responsibility to consult with aboriginal groups in the spotlight.
Climate change: China pledges fund of $3 billion for developing nations
2015-09-26 07:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express: Top polluter China has pledged a USD 3 billion fund to help developing countries combat climate change and announced plans to launch a national emission trading system which will set a price on greenhouse pollution in 2017. The China South-South Climate Cooperation Fund will also enhance their capacity to access the Green Climate Fund (GCF), according to a China-US joint presidential statement on climate change issued after Chinese President Xi Jinping`s talks with his counterpart Barack Obama...
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China climate aid to poor nations seen as spurring big economies
2015-09-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: China, the worlds biggest greenhouse gas emitter, is on the brink of making a significant financial pledge to help poorer countries shift away from fossil fuels. That should put pressure on major economies to follow. China is saying were prepared to do our bit, and were serious in funding climate initiatives in other countries, Grant Anderson, head of the climate change group at law firm Allens, said by phone Friday from Melbourne. The gauntlet then is thrown down to other countries who...
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