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Confirmed! Air Pollution Linked to High Blood Pressure
2016-06-04 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Here's another reason to cut down on carbon emissions. A study published in the journal Hypertension reported that air pollution is tied to high blood pressure, a major risk factor for coronary heart disease which kills over 370,000 people annually. High cholesterol and smoking were previously proven as risk factors, and while pollution has been hypothesized as a risk factor since 1900s, it is only recently that it has been proven through a meta-analysis. By analyzing groups of study on...
Indonesias Salim Group linked to secret palm oil concessions in West Papua
2016-06-03 10:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: One of Indonesias largest conglomerates, the Salim Group, has likely acquired four palm oil concessions in West Papua using a complex network of shared directorships and offshore companies, new research suggests. Online watchdog awas MIFEE reported in May it had uncovered evidence that the four plantations PT Rimbun Sawit Papua, PT Subur Karunia Raya, PT Bintuni Agro Prima Perkasa and PT Menara Wasior were under the Salim Groups control after discovering directorship and shareholding links...
Foreign telcos again linked with Mobifone
2016-06-03 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Telstra, Telenor, Comvik International reportedly show renewed interest in Vietnamese operator.
Naomi Klein says Alberta wildfires linked to climate change in Calgary address
2016-05-30 05:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Refusing to link climate change to the Fort McMurray wildfires puts Albertans at odds with the scientific consensus and it's a barrier to a meaningful conversation on how to move forward, an award-winning journalist told hundreds at the Congress 2016 of the Humanities and Social Sciences on Sunday. Naomi Klein, a best-selling author, social activist and filmmaker addressed themes from her most recent book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate, in Calgary, the heart of the oil and...
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Climate Change, Global Health Intimately Linked, UN Official Stresses
2016-05-24 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: Global health hinges on drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a chief mover in the field of climate change told delegates Tuesday at the World Health Assembly in Geneva. Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, praised the groundbreaking Paris Climate Change Agreement signed by 177 countries and likely to come into force in the next year or two. She says the deal is promising for both the climate and global health. "In...
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