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Report: Global emissions goals still arent enough prevent dangerous warming
2015-05-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: When it comes to combating climate change, many scientists and policy makers focus on one major goal: cut carbon emissions enough to keep the planets average surface temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius above its pre-industrial level. But a new analysis, published on Monday by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, said were still falling short of the mark. For years, the 2-degree target has been touted by experts as a kind of climate threshold:...
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Current carbon pledges won't stop dangerous global warming, says Lord Stern
2015-05-04 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The commitments made by world governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next 15 years are not sufficient to stave off the worst effects of climate change, a new analysis by Lord Stern has found. The study by the author of an influential report on the economics of climate change found that countries pledges ahead of a crunch UN climate summit in Paris this December would not keep warming below 2C, the level that previous UN negotiations have agreed on. But Stern said he was still...
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Microsoft's Dangerous, But Necessary Android App Route
2015-04-30 02:03:36| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Microsoft isn't giving up on Windows Phone. But it's recognizing developers can't write for three or four platforms.
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Supreme Court ordered govt 'immediate' action stop UK's illegal and dangerous air pollution levels
2015-04-29 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Supreme Court has ordered the Government to take immediate action to bring UK air pollution within safe legal limits. The court says rules on nitrogen dioxide limits put in place for the protection of human health are being routinely breached and that the Governments current plan does not address the problems. The order could see new restrictions put on diesel vehicles, the biggest contributor to the deadly pollution. In its judgement, the court said: The Supreme Court unanimously...
Soil around Fukushima site remains contaminated with dangerous radioactive waste
2015-04-19 01:16:47| Waste Management - Topix.net
The soil surrounding the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains contaminated with radioactive cesium, with a high risk that those atoms could transfer to food crops, suggests a study conducted by researchers from Kyoto Prefectural University and published in the Journal of Environmental Quality . The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan triggered multiple meltdowns at the Fukushima plant, causing the plant to eject a radioactive plume into the atmosphere that spread across Japan's countryside and the northern hemisphere.
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