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Global warming and need to insure against surprises
2014-08-02 11:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Postponing action on climate change will make the problem more expensive to manage later if it can still be managed at all. Thats the message of a new White House report on fighting global warming, released Tuesday. Dealing with climate change is a matter of managing risk. As the report says, its a question of insurance, which every voter understands. You insure your house against fire not because you are certain it will burn down but to guard against the risk that it might. Yes, climate change...
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Global Warming Action Delays Mean Huge Economic Costs
2014-08-01 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
US News & World Report: The U.S. faces significant and diverse economic risks from climate change. No, thats not a scary pronouncement from the Obama administration to justify its climate policies. Thats the first sentence of the report Risky Business-- from a staid committee co-chaired by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former George W. Bush administration Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and retired hedge fund founder Tom Steyer -- urging the business community to rise to the challenge and lead the way...
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Want stop worst effects global warming? Give up beef rather than car
2014-07-30 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Kos: Droughts, floods, ocean acidification, rising seas, loss of species etcetera; we are hearing about the severe effects of global warming on a daily basis. What we are not hearing as much about is what we can do about it. There are solutions which don't require risky geo-engineering. Our lives are going to change. Our food, travel and our homes are in for a major energy transition. The faster this is done the less damage is done to our planet and the more chance we have of moving our species forward...
Growth, global warming threaten African species
2014-07-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: Researchers meeting in Cameroon say Africa may lose up to 30 percent of its animal and plant species by the end of the century due to global warming, population growth and unregulated development. The researchers from 20 African, American and European universities say sub-Saharan Africa is losing forest land faster than any place on Earth. Loggers are cutting down trees to meet unrelenting timber demand from China, Europe and the United States. Meanwhile, countries are recording 3 percent population...
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Global warming emissions from meat consumption rising rapidly
2014-07-22 02:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production have increased by more than 50 percent over the past 50 years and are set to zoom higher as the developing world consumes more meat, finds a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The research is based on analysis of the impacts of livestock production per calorie consumed, including water and fertilizer use, land area requirements, and other factors. It went beyond carbon dioxide, evaluating...
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