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Climate change will threaten wine production, study shows
2013-04-09 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Bid adieu to Bordeaux, but also, quite possibly, a hello to Chateau Yellowstone. Researchers predict a two-thirds fall in production in the world's premier wine regions because of climate change. The study forecasts sharp declines in wine production from Bordeaux and Rhone regions in France, Tuscany in Italy and Napa Valley in California and Chile by 2050, as a warming climate makes it harder to grow grapes in traditional wine country. But also anticipate a big push into areas once considered...
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Rising sea levels threaten big cities, IPCC chair says
2013-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Trust of India: Rising sea levels due to climate change are threatening the survival of big cities located near coastal areas like Kolkata, Shanghai and Dhaka, said Dr RK Pachauri, chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). "There is a very high risk in delta cities like Kolkata, Shanghai and Dhaka. They are very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to sea level rise and coastal flooding. Both people and property would be affected in such a scenario," Pachauri told reporters....
Climate efforts threaten oilsands growth, memo told Natural Resources Minister
2013-04-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouer Sun: The economic benefits to Canada from oilsands industrial expansion may be considerably less than what the Canadian government and industry representatives predict, if the planet collectively takes action to slash the heat-trapping greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver was told in an internal memo obtained by Postmedia News. The document, sent by Olivers deputy minister Serge Dupont and released through access to information legislation, highlighted...
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TIPRO: Oil And Gas Industry Boosts Economy By Billions, But Feds Threaten
2013-04-05 19:00:00| OGI
Officials warn that without fracing, economy could stop dead in its tracks.
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Amazon dam activists threaten to wage war on Brazil over military incursion
2013-04-03 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An Amazonian community has threatened to "go to war" with the Brazilian government after a military incursion into their land by dam builders. The Munduruku indigenous community in Para state say they have been betrayed by the authorities, who are pushing ahead with plans to build a cascade of hydropower plants on the Tapajós river without their permission. Public prosecutors, human rights groups, environmental organisations and Christian missionaries have condemned the government's strong-arm...
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