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India should take a leaf out of Singapore's water harvesting to solve its crisis

2014-04-11 22:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Economic Times: Water is increasingly becoming a scarce resource. The strains are being felt within and between nations. India has its own share of water conflicts between its federal units and with its neighbours. This apart, climate change has begun to cast its shadow on events. Apart from traditional agricultural uses, urban and industrial demands on water are assuming critical proportions. With the shrinking availability of fresh water sources, supply-side solutions have run their course. Apart from desalination,...

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How the Ukraine Crisis Could Help Clear Beijing's Smog

2014-04-10 09:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: Vladimir Putins land grab in Ukraine has led to Russias worst crisis with the West since the end of the Cold War, but it may have one favorable consequence for people far away from Crimea. With Russias lucrative exports of natural gas to Europe now threatened, Putin needs to find new customers to the East--and that could mean the smog-choked residents of Beijing and other Chinese cities may be able to breathe a little more easily. For the Chinese, a Russian pipeline would help reduce the reliance...

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WORLD: C&A warns of supply crisis in organic cotton

2014-04-09 13:59:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Despite increasing demand for organic cotton in international markets, global production continues to decline, European value fashion retailer C&A has warned.

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Extinction crisis: rising sea levels will submerge thousands islands

2014-04-08 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Sea levels are rising at the highest rate in thousands of years, putting at risk low-lying islands around the world. In a new study published in Nature Conservation, researchers found that projected rises in sea level stand to swamp more than 10,000 islands, displacing human communities and wiping many unique species off the face of the earth. Climate change is leading to rising oceans in a two-fold way. First, increasing temperatures at the poles are melting ice-sheets, discharging more and more...

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GM Hires Clinton-Administration Crisis Expert for Recall Aid

2014-04-04 06:16:26| Automakers - Topix.net

General Motors Co. has retained crisis-communications expert Jeff Eller as it builds a team to help respond to the recall of small cars with faulty ignition switches tied to 13 deaths.

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