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World carbon budget will be exhausted in a generation, scientists warn
2014-09-21 19:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Global CO2 emissions reached a record high of 36 billion tonnes in 2013, "eroding the chances" of keeping global warming within internationally recognised safe levels, scientists said today. The 2.3 per cent growth in emissions seen over 2013 is likely to be followed by a further 2.5 per cent rise during this year to 40 billion tonnes -- a level 65 per cent higher than in 1990, according to international research group the Global Carbon Project (GCP), which includes scientists from the universities...
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Rhode Island officials warn of respiratory illness
2014-09-20 04:35:56| Biotech - Topix.net
State health officials say they assume a respiratory infection that has caused some serious illness in other states will soon be in Rhode Island, if it isn't here already. Rhode Island Department of Health says it has tested several patients for enterovirus D68 and is waiting on test results from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Officials warn of potentially toxic algae on major Portland river
2014-09-17 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Public health officials in Oregon warned recreational boaters and swimmers who on warm days flock to a river that bisects Portland to stay out of the water on Wednesday after detecting what they suspect is a potentially dangerous toxic algae. Oregon Health Authority officials said they believe the unusual film found at the Willamette River is the result of toxic blue-green algae, which is dangerous to touch, drink or inhale. Filtering the water won't make it safe, and fish from the river could be...
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British winters becoming more extreme, scientists warn
2014-09-10 12:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: British winters are becoming more extreme, with unpredictable swings between very mild, stormy winters and very cold, snowy ones becoming more likely, a new study has warned. Surveying seasonal records dating back to 1899, experts from the Met Office, the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the University of Sheffield found that seven of the 10 most extreme winters came in the last decade. If this trend continues, we can expect more volatile UK winter weather in decades to come, said Prof...
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Farmers Warn of Trojan Horse Labelled COOL ‘Reform’
2014-09-08 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson argues in a recent Politico op-ed that the opponents of Country-of-Origin Labelling (COOL), having lost their battles on both the ideological front as well as in the courts, are now trying have the law gutted in the name of ‘reform.”
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