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Indonesia: How the eyes in the sky are keeping a check on forest fires
2013-07-19 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Three weeks ago, a noxious haze engulfed Singapore and parts of Malaysia and Indonesia, breaking air pollution records. Malaysia closed schools, Singapore advised residents to stay indoors and distributed free face masks to the poor, and Indonesia evacuated some villages in the worst affected areas. The suffocating smog emanated from forest fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. This week, environment ministers from across southeast Asia gathered for a summit in Malaysia under intense public...
The Deal: American Tower Fires Back at Muddy Waters
2013-07-19 01:15:20| IT Services - Topix.net
Shares of the Boston wireless infrastructure company gained 0.8% on Thursday to close at $74.44 nearly even with its close of $74.71 on Tuesday, the day before Muddy Waters published its report.
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Climate change forces US Forest Service to shift its strategy on larger fires
2013-07-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KPCC: Climate change is forcing the US Forest Service to rethink how it fights large wildfires. Global warming has increased the intensity of fires, forcing the USFS to spend more and more of its money fighting them. Now the agency has decided that it should be less aggressive in attacking big blazes, so long as they are not threatening property. In 1991, the US Forest Service's spent 13 percent of its budget on fire management. Today, because of climate change, that figure is more than 50 percent,...
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Reid blames climate change for Nevada fires, seeks funding for prevention
2013-07-18 15:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pleading for more spending on fire prevention as his home state of Nevada endures widespread wildfires, and says "climate change" is to blame for the devastating blazes. "The West is burning," Reid said Wednesday. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Nevada Democrat said the conditions that help the fires spread are fueled by climate change. "Why are we having them? Because we have climate change. Things are different. The forests are drier,...
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NEWS RELEASE 7/17/13: Portland Fire & Rescue and Legacy Oregon Burn Center Team Up to Stop Home Oxygen Fires
2013-07-18 01:47:58| PortlandOnline
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