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Two California wildfires threaten homes
2014-07-27 16:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Two fast-moving wildfires in California are threatening homes and could result in the evacuation of hundreds of people, US officials say. In the Sacramento region, a fire has spread to cover an area of about 4,000 acres, while another blaze threatens homes around Yosemite National Park. The Sacramento fire is only 20% contained, officials told local media. Months of drought have caused more fires in California this year - some 1,400, twice the usual number. Homes evacuated The Sacramento...
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Hundreds flee as two California wildfires threaten homes
2014-07-27 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Fire crews were battling two fast-moving wildfires in California that threatened many homes and forced hundreds of evacuations, officials said. A fire in the Sacramento region had mushroomed to about 4,000 acres by late Saturday, while a blaze that began in the afternoon around Yosemite National Park threatened a small community. The so-called Sand Fire began Friday in the Sierra Nevada foothills and has since raced through more than 6 square miles of drought-stricken grasslands east of Sacramento....
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Growth, global warming threaten African species
2014-07-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: Researchers meeting in Cameroon say Africa may lose up to 30 percent of its animal and plant species by the end of the century due to global warming, population growth and unregulated development. The researchers from 20 African, American and European universities say sub-Saharan Africa is losing forest land faster than any place on Earth. Loggers are cutting down trees to meet unrelenting timber demand from China, Europe and the United States. Meanwhile, countries are recording 3 percent population...
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Rising Chinese imports threaten 25 lakh jobs in domestic furniture industry: Study
2014-07-15 12:07:33| Furniture - Topix.net
With $447 million worth annual furniture imports into India, China accounts for 53 per cent of India's total furniture imports worth over $736 million thereby giving severe competition to the domestic industry, according to a just-concluded ASSOCHAM study.
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Republican Leaders Threaten Another Govt Shutdown Over Climate Action
2014-06-20 16:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Republican leaders in the Senate took America one step closer to another government shutdown this week, foreshadowing a possible replay at the end of September. Instead of voting on straightforward bills to fund government operations, GOP lawmakers held the appropriation bills hostage with unrelated amendments. These riders would block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from addressing climate change and keeping pollution out of our water. The Republican Party is bending over backward...
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