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Climate change projects in poorest nations lose out in battle for funds
2015-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Urgent plans to help the world's poorest people become more resilient to extreme weather and rising seas are on hold because of a lack of cash in a U.N. climate fund set up for least developed countries, amid fierce competition for limited aid. Projects awaiting support include helping government officials in Bangladesh and Rwanda work out how to adapt to the growing impacts of climate change, and keeping health facilities safe from storms and tidal surges in Pacific Island nations. Other schemes...
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Three Portland projects named among the nation's best public art
2015-06-18 02:02:11| PortlandOnline
Entertainment Photos in The Oregonian, June 16, 2015
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Rich nations in stalemate over coal subsidy phase-out
2015-06-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Talks on phasing out a form of coal subsidies ended in stalemate as Japan, the biggest user of the aid, led calls for more time in defiance of this week's G7 pledge on fossil fuel subsidies, sources said. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has been trying for a year to get an agreement from its 34 member nations on phasing out export credits for coal, the most polluting of the fossil fuels. Sources close to talks in Paris on Wednesday and Thursday, speaking...
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Nevada governor signs law to break up the nation's 5th-largest district
2015-06-13 02:45:00| American School & University
Legislation calls for 320,000-student Clark County district to be divided into an undetermined number of smaller units. read more
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Nations warn time running short to prepare Paris climate deal
2015-06-11 18:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Several nations expressed growing unease on Thursday that time is running short to resolve disputes about global warming after U.N. talks ended with little progress toward an international deal to combat climate change meant to be agreed in December. Delegates representing almost 200 countries trimmed a few pages off an 89-page draft text at the June 1-11 preparatory meeting in Bonn, but stopped short of confronting major underlying issues such as whether to set a global goal for phasing out greenhouse...
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