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Tasmanian power crisis reveals urgent need for more renewable energy
2016-03-03 00:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The timing couldnt have been any worse. On 20 December 2015, the undersea cable connecting Tasmania with mainland Australia malfunctioned, leaving the island states energy infrastructure stranded without help just when it was needed most. The bulk of Tasmanias internal energy capacity comes from its extensive hydroelectric network but, with 2015 delivering the driest spring on record, water levels in the states dams were catastrophically low. More than ever, the Apple Isle was counting on...
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Continuing budget crisis forces Chicago schools to layoff 62 more employees
2016-02-29 21:22:00| American School & University
Cuts come on top of the elimination earlier this year of more than 400 administrative positions. read more
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Climate change 'most existential crisis civilisation has known', says DiCaprio
2016-02-29 08:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Leonardo DiCaprio won his first Oscar on Sunday, after being nominated four times previously. The actor was expected to win after dominating the best actor race all season, winning a number of precursor awards including a Bafta. Still, he said the industry-wide support hes received over the past few months feels incredibly surreal. This year in particular I was overwhelmed by the support from fans and people in the industry, he said backstage at the ceremony, shortly after winning his best...
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'New crisis without reform' warns King
2016-02-28 13:50:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Mervyn King, ex-governor of the Bank of England, warns in a new book that another financial crisis is 'certain' unless monetary and banking systems are reformed.
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Some experts contend Brazil is exaggerating Zika crisis
2016-02-26 04:21:28| Biotech - Topix.net
Brazilian and U.S. health workers from the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention talk with a resident Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, as they search for mothers and infants to recruit for a study aimed at determining whether the Zika virus is causing babies to be born with a birth defect affecting the brain in Joao Pessoa, Brazil. Their goal is to persuade about 100 mothers of infants recently born with the defect as well to enroll in the study.
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