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Leave cancelled for India's doctors as heat wave kills 1,300
2015-05-28 07:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A heat wave in India has killed at least 1,371 people this week as temperatures soar above 47 Celsius (116.6 Fahrenheit), and doctors' leave has been cancelled to help cope with the sick. May and June are India's hottest months, with temperatures regularly pushing above 40 Celsius. But meteorologists say the number of days when temperatures approach 45 Celsius has increased in the past 15 years. The death toll in the worst affected states of Andhra Pradesh in the southeast and nearby Telangana...
Marshfield doctors, nurses display artistic talent
2015-04-27 01:56:33| Automakers - Topix.net
A Wisconsin lawmaker is set to introduce seven bills increasing penalties for drunken driving in the only state where a first-time offense is not a crime.Republican Rep. DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. -- Coast Guard officials say two bodies have been found in Alabama waters after a powerful storm capsized several sailboats participating in a regatta near Mobile Bay.
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United Kingdom: Doctors and academics call for ban on 'inherently risky' fracking
2015-03-30 15:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fracking should be banned because of the impact it could have on public health, according to a prominent group of health professionals. In a letter published by the British Medical Journal on Monday, 20 high-profile doctors, pharmacists and public health academics said the inherently risky industry should be prohibited in the UK. The arguments against fracking on public health and ecological grounds are overwhelming. There are clear grounds for adopting the precautionary principle and prohibiting...
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Meet the Merchants of Doubt': Spin Doctors Obscuring the Truth on Climate Change
2015-03-06 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Director Robert Kenners 2008 documentary Food Inc. inspired dramatic growth in local food movements across the country with its expose of industrial-scale food production. His new documentary Merchants of Doubt takes on another threat to the health and well-being of the U.S. and the world: the glib and seasoned marketers who sell the idea that climate change is a hoax. The film made the rounds of festivals last year. Today it opens in theaters in Los Angeles and New York City with opening across...
Merchants of Doubt: Meet the sleazy spin doctors who will stop at nothing to obscure the truth
2015-03-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: In 1994, the CEOs of America`s seven largest tobacco companies sat before Congress and testified, in contradiction to the overwhelming scientific evidence, that cigarettes aren`t addictive and that evidence linking them to cancer is inconclusive. The footage is shocking enough by today`s standards (and by the standards of the time), and is all the more so when juxtaposed with an industry memo from 30 years earlier that states the exact opposite: "We are ... in the business of selling nicotine, an...
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