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First Official Climate Refugees U.S. Race Against Time

2016-05-25 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: A Native American tribe struggles to hold on to their culture in a Louisiana bayou while their land slips into the Gulf of Mexico. Edison Dardar, 67, catches shrimp on Isle de Jean Charles. The island is disappearing, however, and its residents must relocate. A shot rings out across what remains of Isle de Jean Charles as the sun drops behind the gnarled skeletons of what once were massive oak trees. Rifle in hand, Howard Brunet, 14, stands on the deck of his uncle's stilted house looking down...

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Climate Change, Global Health Intimately Linked, UN Official Stresses

2016-05-24 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Voice of America: Global health hinges on drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a chief mover in the field of climate change told delegates Tuesday at the World Health Assembly in Geneva. Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, praised the groundbreaking Paris Climate Change Agreement signed by 177 countries and likely to come into force in the next year or two. She says the deal is promising for both the climate and global health. "In...

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Chipotle Hires Food Safety Consultants, One a Former FDA Official

2016-05-12 20:15:00| Food Processing

Chipotle Mexican Grill hires two leading food safety experts, including one former FDA/USDA official, to redoubles efforts to guard against health scares.

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