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Oil and Ice: The Risks of Drilling in Alaska
2013-01-10 14:36:00| Offshore Technology
The Center of American Progress describes the risks of drilling in the Arctic.
Australian wildfires point to climate-change risks
2013-01-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronoto Star: What happens when, bit by bit, the Earth turns warmer? It leads to extreme weather: In 2012, the United States was stricken by a severe drought in its south and southwest, torrential rains in Beijing killed more than 70 people, half of the Philippines capital, Manila, was submerged by rains, and flash-floods and landslides in Bangladesh affected a million people. Now there are wildfires in Australia, spreading with rare and dangerous speed. And with temperatures predicted to hit a record high...
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Davos group report warns climate change among top global risks
2013-01-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Climate change ranked among the top global risks in the annual World Economic Forum survey of more than 1,000 experts released Tuesday. The group, most associated with its yearly conference in Davos, Switzerland, said leaving environmental issues unaddressed compounded with global economic stress could handcuff policymakers. A sudden and massive collapse on one front is certain to doom the others chance of developing an effective, long-term solution, the report said of the interplay between...
J&J's Diabetes Pill May Carry Heart Risks, FDA Staff Says
2013-01-09 08:51:57| Biotech - Topix.net
Johnson & Johnson's experimental diabetes pill may carry heart risks, U.S. regulators said in a review that threatens to delay the company's first-to-market status for a new family of medicines.
World Economic Forum warns climate risks pose 'increasingly dangerous' threat
2013-01-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Ahead of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the group yesterday released a major report warning that tough economic conditions coupled with frequent extreme weather events represent "an increasingly dangerous mix" for the global economy. The report draws on a survey of more than 1,000 experts from industry, government, academia and civil society, which rated rising global greenhouse gas emissions as the third most likely global risk to manifest itself over the next decade,...
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