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Deadly Heat Waves Intensify as Summers Sizzle (Op-Ed)
2013-06-10 14:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo!News: No one ever should die from heat. But every year, about 650 Americans do -- a death toll greater than tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and lightning combined. And, in a deadly harbinger of what is worse to come, a new study shows that heat deaths are on the rise. An analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released this week reported that between June 30 and July 13 of last year -- the hottest year on record -- excessive heat killed 32 people in four states: Maryland, Ohio,...
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Preparation For Extreme Heat May Reduce Deaths, Says CDC
2013-06-08 15:45:50| Biotech - Topix.net
English: Logo of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
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100 plus degree heat means air quality suffers
2013-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Manteca Bulletin: A lot of factors impact air quality. Dust. Smoke. "Particulate' matter of all different varieties that abound in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley. But it's the one thing that we can't see that will make the biggest impact when the mercury soars past the century mark this weekend and forces those with less-than-stellar breathing to stay indoors. Ozone. According to San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Communications Representative Anthony Presto, it'll be high levels of...
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Pakistan wilts under record heat wave
2013-06-05 14:37:21| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Zulekhan Mumtaz has seen her livelihood as a seller of camel milk turn sour because of a brutal heat wave that left Pakistan sweltering for three weeks in May with temperatures up to 51 degrees Celsius. "My customers say they can no longer buy spoilt milk and squander their money,' the 31-year-old said, looking at the clotted yellow liquid. "How can I buy fodder for the camel and food for my two children if the heat wave damages my milk?' she asked, resting with her animal in the shade of a tree...
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UK energy department proposes new tariff levels for biomass heat
2013-06-04 10:00:00| Power Technology
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has proposed new tariff levels for a Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, which would result in higher levels of support for ground source heat pumps, large biomass boilers and solar thermal instal
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