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US fears climate talks will focus compensation extreme weather
2013-11-13 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: US officials fear that international climate change talks will become focused on payouts for damage caused by extreme weather events excacerbated by global warming, like the category 5 Typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines last week killing thousands of people and causing what is expected to be billions of pounds of damage. An official US briefing document obtained by the Guardian reveals that the country is worried the UN negotiations, currently underway in Warsaw, will "focus increasingly...
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Biotech boom brings new medicines & biofuels but fears about GM remain
2013-11-11 12:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For scientist Jack Newman, creating a new life form has become as simple as this: he types out a DNA sequence on his laptop. Clicks "send". And a few metres away in the laboratory, robotic arms mix together some compounds to produce the desired cells. Newman's biotech company is creating new organisms, mostly forms of genetically modified yeast, at the dizzying rate of more than 1,500 a day. Some convert sugar into medicines. Others create moisturisers that can be used in cosmetics. And still...
Philippines fears massive death toll after typhoon
2013-11-10 13:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The super typhoon that tore through the Philippines and left a feared five-figure death toll bore down on central Vietnam on Sunday, already ranking as one of Asia's most damaging natural disasters in recent decades. Survivors from a devastated chain of Filipino islands described a typhoon that had much the look of a tsunami, bringing waves as high as two-story buildings that noisily ground buildings into pulp. Though the storm blazed through on Friday, a partial picture of the damage is only...
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Soccerex axe stokes World Cup fears
2013-11-05 22:34:46| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Fears about disruption to next year's World Cup are raised as the key global football conference Soccerex is cancelled by the Rio authorities.
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Unions voice fears over Npower jobs
2013-11-05 13:24:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Two of the UK's biggest unions raise concerns over potential job losses at one of the "big six" energy firms, Npower.
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