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Is Living with Extreme Wildfires the New Normal?
2013-09-30 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NPR: It has been a deadly year for the people who fight wildfires. In total, 32 people have lost their lives fighting fires in 2013; the highest number in nearly 20 years, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Just one incident accounts for most of those deaths, the Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona. In June, the blaze blasted through a firefighting crew known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots; 19 of the 20 men died. As people move farther into wildland areas and climate change turns landscapes...
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Food Price Controls to Cut Cost of Living in Thailand
2013-09-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
THAILAND - Large retailers have agreed with the Commerce Ministry to help control prices for the rest of the year on a whole range of foods that include pork and eggs.
Is Living With Extreme Wildfires The New Normal?
2013-09-30 00:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: It has been a deadly year for the people who fight wildfires. In total, 32 people have lost their lives fighting fires in 2013; the highest number in nearly 20 years, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Just one incident accounts for most of those deaths, the Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona. In June, the blaze blasted through a firefighting crew known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots; 19 of the 20 men died. As people move farther into wildland areas and climate change turns landscapes...
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SSE vows to pay staff Living Wage
2013-09-28 16:32:24| Energy - Topix.net
The company said it was the biggest in Britain by market capitalisation to guarantee to pay employees at least A 7.45 an hour.
Living in a flood zone? Check your insurance. It may be about to go up.
2013-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: If you live on a coastline or in a river flood plain, check your flood insurance and where your home or business sits on the latest federal flood maps. As of Oct. 1, the final stages of a 2012 flood-insurance reform law kick in, aimed at substantially reducing subsidies for federal flood insurance. Premiums charged to most once-subsidized policyholders are slated to rise over the next four years, until the premiums reach the rate that reflects the true flood risk their properties face. The Federal...
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