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Boom in hydropower dam construction to threaten freshwater biodiversity, says study
2014-10-27 01:00:00| Power Technology
Construction of dams for hydropower generation, especially in developing countries, could pose a serious threat to freshwater biodiversity, according to a study presented at the University of Copenhagen.
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Safeway, London Drugs and other pharmacy chains threaten legal action if cigarette sales banned
2014-10-16 08:06:52| Grocery - Topix.net
Sockeye salmon are completing a several hundred kilometre journey from the Pacific Ocean back to the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park to spawn and die. Sylvia Gung, a Burnaby mayoral candidate, says if she is voted into office in the Nov. 15 municipal election she will ban acts that violate public decorum - things such as wedding kisses and hand holding.
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DOD Says Climate Change Could Threaten National Security
2014-10-14 17:58:12| ENR.com: Headline News
Pentagon hopes to integrate climate change considerations into planning.
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Trees Threaten Growing Grasslands
2014-09-26 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Trees are currently threatening growing grasslands, turning tallgrass prairies into shrublands and forests, and a pair of researchers is concerned that if nothing is done to stop or slow down this process, an important part of the ecosystem may soon be lost. Two Kansas State University biologists, doctoral student Allison Veach and professor Walter Dodds, are researching grassland streams and the expansion of nearby woody vegetation, such as trees and shrubs, to see what can be done to save growing...
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World greenhouse emissions threaten warming goal
2014-09-21 21:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Emissions of greenhouse gases are rising so fast that within one generation the world will have used up its margin of safety for limiting global warming to 2°C (3.6°F), an international team of scientists warned Sunday. A report by the Global Carbon Project (GCP), published two days ahead of the UN climate summit on Tuesday, found that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil-fuel combustion and cement production grew by 2.3 percent in 2013, reaching a record 36 billion tonnes of CO2. It predicted...
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