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Arctics Boreal Forests Burning At Unprecedented Rate
2013-07-22 23:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: In a sign of how swiftly and extensively climate change is reshaping the Arctic environment, a new study has found that the region's mighty boreal forests -- stands of mighty spruce, fir, and larch trees that serve as the gateway to the Arctic Circle -- have been burning at an unprecedented rate during the past few decades. The study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that the boreal forests have not burned at today's high rates for at least the past 10,000...
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Burning fossil fuels imperils our ability to burn fossil fuels
2013-07-18 20:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Pretty much every power plant requires water to work. Coal, natural gas, nuclear, and even some types of renewable energy need water to create steam and to cool down. These plants account for more than 40 percent of the fresh water drawn from lakes and rivers in the U.S. each year. But climate change limits access to that water and poses a major threat to our ability to keep power plants running, according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists [PDF]. If plants don`t have enough...
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Reid blames climate change: 'West is burning'
2013-07-17 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Las Vegas Review-Journal: As firefighters head home from Southern Nevada, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Wednesday blamed climate change for the intense blaze that consumed nearly 28,000 acres and drove hundreds of residents from their homes around Mount Charleston this month. Reid said the government should be spending a lot more on fire prevention, echoing elected officials who say the Forest Service should move more aggressively to remove brush and undergrowth that turn small fires into huge ones. The West is burning,...
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NEWS RELEASE 2/11/13: Portland Fire & Rescue Pulls Man From Burning Garage
2013-07-09 21:00:45| PortlandOnline
United Kingdom: Burning wood is not the solution to climate change
2013-07-05 13:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: So far, five UK coal-fired power stations have announced plans to convert, either partly or completely, to biomass. These are Tilbury in Essex, Ironbridge in Shropshire, Eggborough and Drax in Yorkshire, and Lynemouth in Northumberland. Between them these power stations will require almost six times as much wood as the UK produces in total every year. That statistic alone shows just how unsustainable wood-fired power stations are and it spells disaster for the world's natural habitats, human rights,...
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