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Study Projects Steep Increase in NYC Heat-Related Deaths

2013-05-19 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: An increasing number of New Yorkers are likely to die from heat-related causes as global warming causes more extreme heat events, according to a new study released Sunday. The study found that heat-related mortality may rise 20 percent by the 2020s, and in some worst-case scenarios, it could increase by 90 percent or more by the 2080s, and the net temperature-related mortality, which includes the drop in deaths related to cold weather, could jump by a third compared to current levels. The study,...

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Heatwave deaths in New York city could rise by up to 22%, study shows

2013-05-19 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: New York city could experience up to 22% more deaths from extreme summertime heat in the coming decade under global warming, according to a study of the impact of climate trends. The higher deaths will be partially offset by a reduction in deaths due to the milder winters predicted in Manhattan. Overall, however, the net effect of the new temperature norms under climate change would be to increase weather-related deaths in New York city by up to 6.2% a year by the 2020s, according to the scientists....

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US wind farms get pass on eagle deaths

2013-05-14 14:37:09| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground. Killing these iconic birds is not just an irreplaceable loss for a vulnerable species. It's also a federal crime, a charge that the Obama administration has used to prosecute oil companies when birds drown in their waste pits, and power companies when birds are electrocuted by their...

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US windfarms avoiding prosecution for eagle deaths

2013-05-14 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a windfarm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret, an Associated Press investigation has found. More than 573,000 birds are killed by the country's windfarms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles, according to an estimate published in March in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin. Each death is...

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