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Fires linked to climate change? 'Absolutely' says UN - video
2013-10-22 03:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Bushfires are becoming more common due to climate change, says the United Nation's climate change chief Christiana Figueres.
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Australian fires continue burning as conditions deteriorate
2013-10-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The New South Wales Rural Fire Service says conditions are deteriorating across the state, with dry north-westerly winds forecast to return. More than 37,000 hectares have now been burnt as 60 fires continue to burn across the state, 15 of them uncontained, and there is an active fire edge more than 300 kilometres long. RFS commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons says new information from the Bureau of Meteorology this morning has firmed up concerns about the next few days. "We are likely to see...
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Wood fires and diesel cars pose pollution threat: EU watchdog
2013-10-15 09:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Air pollution is dangerously high across many parts of Europe, resulting in premature deaths, ill health and huge economic losses linked to reduced crop yields, Europe's environmental watchdog said on Tuesday. While emissions of some pollutants have declined sharply in Europe in recent decades, more diesel cars and a rise in wood burning by households as a cheap alternative to gas mean other types of harmful pollution are receding more slowly. European regulators are expected to propose a tightening...
Reward offered after shooter fires at train
2013-10-11 01:24:32| Railroads - Topix.net
Burlington Northern Santa Fe has announced a $5,000 reward for information about shots that were fired at one of their trains on September 24th.
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In Rim fire's aftermath, controversy over recovery effort
2013-10-07 14:38:23| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Calls for massive salvage logging, restoration and reforestation projects in the 257,000 acres of public wilderness scarred by the Rim fire have ignited controversy over how to proceed with the largest recovery effort undertaken in the Sierra Nevada. "We're hoping to negotiate our way through this, but we need the infrastructure and personnel," said Jerry Snyder, a spokesman for the Stanislaus National Forest. "This effort will be huge, so we'll also need additional help from Washington." But time...
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