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West: California: Fires Prompt Air Quality Warning
2013-09-10 04:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Air quality officials are warning San Joaquin Valley residents of potential health hazards because of increasing ozone levels and smoke from lingering wildfires. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District issued an air alert, the second this year, on Monday for San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings and Tulare Counties and parts of Kern County. Officials have advised people in those counties to reduce prolonged exposure to the air and strenuous activities. High ozone levels...
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Scary anti-smoking ads prompt 100,000-plus to kick habit
2013-09-10 00:16:35| Biotech - Topix.net
An estimated 1.6 million Americans tried to quit and at least 100,000 likely succeeded as a result of graphic anti-smoking ads, a new study says.
Harpers signals to US on emissions flexibility prompt cynicism
2013-09-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: Environmentalists on both sides of the border are cynical about reports of a prime ministerial appeal to the White House for common North American greenhouse gas emissions standards in the oil and gas sector. Ottawa sources confirm Stephen Harper wrote U.S. President Barack Obama last month with an offer to work more closely on emissions regulations to help win approval for the embattled Keystone XL pipeline. Details of the letter are not public, and its not known whether Harper made any concrete...
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Fukushima Leaks Prompt Government to Emergency Measures
2013-08-26 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Japans government will lead emergency measures to tackle radioactive water spills at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, wresting control of the disaster recovery from the plants heavily criticized operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) Weve allowed Tokyo Electric to deal with the contaminated water situation on its own and theyve essentially turned it into a game of Whack-a-Mole, Trade Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters today at Fukushima. From now on, the government will...
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Global Warming: Carbon Emissions Sure to Prompt Rise of Sea Levels to Three Feet by 2100
2013-08-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: Unless the governments of the world find immediate solutions to curb their respective fossil fuel consumptions and carbon emissions, the global populace might as well retire to an impending plausible scenario of rising sea levels by year 2100 to as much as three feet high. A draft report by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highly noted that such activities are highly controllable or avoidable because these are results of human decisions. "It is extremely likely that...
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