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Heat Wave Deaths May Triple by the 2050s
2014-02-04 00:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: The number of people dying because of heat waves could rise three to four times in some regions by the middle of this century, as a result of climate change and population growth, according to a new U.K. study. Researchers analyzed the relationship between weather fluctuations and death ratesin the past, and projected the results for the decades to come. They found that by the 2050s, the number of heat-related deaths in England and Wales could surge by 3.5 times its current number, to around...
Without Keystone, oil trains may cause 6 deaths per year -US State Dept report
2014-02-02 19:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Replacing the Keystone XL pipeline with oil-laden freight trains from Canada may result in an average of six additional rail-related deaths per year, according to a U.S. State Department report that is adding to pressure for President Barack Obama to approve the line. The long-awaited study, released on Friday, focused on the environmental impact of TransCanada's $5.4 billion pipeline, but also spent several pages analyzing the potential human impact of various ways to transport oil, using historical...
Australia: Heatwave blamed for large spike in the number of deaths in Victoria last week
2014-01-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The heatwave that baked large parts of south-eastern Australia last week is being blamed for a large spike in the number of deaths in Victoria. More than 203 deaths were reported to the coroner, more than twice the average. The Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine expects the number of deaths to reach that of the unprecedented heatwave in 2009, which is thought to have killed more than 370 people in Victoria alone. Temperatures across the south-eastern states regularly pushed above 40C...
VIDEO: Unclean water deaths 'unnecessary'
2014-01-23 23:08:33| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Actor Matt Damon says the number of deaths from lack of access to clean water and sanitation is "completely unnecessary".
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6 More Flu-Linked Deaths in Bay Area - At Least 30 So Far
2014-01-23 09:38:46| IT Services - Topix.net
By Sasha Lekach, Bay City News Service Six more flu-related deaths have been recorded in San Mateo, San Francisco, Sonoma and Contra Costa counties, health officials said today, Wednesday Three additional deaths in Contra Costa County have been linked to the flu this month, county health services officials said.
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