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Popes Encyclical Scientifically and Morally Valid Call for Radical Change

2015-06-24 15:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Earth has existed for 4.5 billion years, humans for somewhere around 150,000. But in my brief lifetime--less than 80 years--human populations have exploded exponentially, from two billion to more than seven billion. In that short time, weve created consumer societies and decimated the planets natural systems, used up resources, filled oceans with plastic and pollution, altered water cycles and upset the Earths carbon cycle, disrupting global climate systems. Our impacts on this small blue planet...

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Warming pause 'no longer valid'

2015-06-04 22:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: US researchers say new evidence casts doubt on the idea that global warming has "slowed" in recent years. A US government laboratory says the much talked about "pause" is an illusion caused by inaccurate data. Updated observations show temperatures did not plateau, say National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) scientists. The warming rate over the past 15 years is "virtually identical" to the last century, they report in Science. Dr Thomas Karl of NOAA, who led the...

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Canadian reply to $500M U.S. pharma suit: Your guesses don't make valid patents

2015-02-12 00:44:52| Biotech - Topix.net

The Canadian government has delivered a scathing response to a $500 million lawsuit from the American pharmaceutical industry, dissecting the intellectual-property practices of the company that launched the case. That response is laid out in a submission filed with a NAFTA panel, made public this week, which seeks to rebut multiple claims in a suit from drug-maker Eli Lilly .

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Westbury gaming parlor opponents have 'valid' concerns, says Governor ...

2015-01-15 02:10:25| Jewelry - Topix.net

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday although community leaders have "valid" concerns in opposing a casino-style gaming parlor in Westbury, he will not intervene in the site selection process. Cuomo's comments came after an event at Hofstra University.

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