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Why fresh water shortages will cause next great global crisis
2015-03-08 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Water is the driving force of all nature, Leonardo da Vinci claimed. Unfortunately for our planet, supplies are now running dry at an alarming rate. The worlds population continues to soar but that rise in numbers has not been matched by an accompanying increase in supplies of fresh water. The consequences are proving to be profound. Across the globe, reports reveal huge areas in crisis today as reservoirs and aquifers dry up. More than a billion individuals one in seven people on the planet...
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If enough of us decide that climate change is a crisis worthy of Marshall Plan levels of response
2015-03-06 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A voice came over the intercom: would the passengers of Flight 3935, scheduled to depart Washington DC, for Charleston, South Carolina, kindly collect their carry-on luggage and get off the plane. They went down the stairs and gathered on the hot tarmac. There they saw something unusual: the wheels of the US Airways jet had sunk into the black pavement as if it were wet cement. The wheels were lodged so deep, in fact, that the truck that came to tow the plane away couldnt pry it loose. The airline...
Sao Paulo Issues Bids To Address Drought Crisis
2015-03-02 14:00:44| ENR.com: Headline News
Southeastern Brazil is experiencing the worst drought in more than 80 years.
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Preparing for the next national crisis - by digging through insurance claims
2015-03-02 01:40:21| Beverages - Topix.net
The Lewin Group, a health-care research consultancy based in Fairfax County, is looking for a managing consultant and health economist to help the federal government prepare for the next crisis. As a lead researcher with the firm's national security and emergency preparedness practice, the new hire is to delve into insurance-claims data to help federal agencies learn more about the nation's health-care system.
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Behind the Badge: Mobile Crisis Unit
2015-02-26 22:37:19| PortlandOnline
Ride Along with Officer Josh Silverman and take a brief look at a typical day for BHU's Mobile Crisis Unit.
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