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Report: Major companies in all sectors see climate change impacts
2014-05-17 19:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Major public companies are reporting increased risks from climate change and related extreme weather events, according to a Carbon Disclosure Project study released Friday. CDP said 45 percent of the climate or weather risks seen by companies in the Standard and Poors 500 are current or expected in the next five years, an increase from the 26 percent CDP saw three years ago. The risks are now in all economic sectors, and expected to hurt facilities, demand and productivity. Dealing with climate...
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New $1.1B sea wall protects New Orleans against major storms but may cultivate complacency
2014-05-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Looming 26 feet over the bayou, the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal-Lake Borgne Surge Barrier stands as a concrete and steel sentinel against the rising and heaving ocean. The 1.4-mile-long wall, also known as the IHNC barrier, protects vital commercial arteries and more than 350,000 people in New Orleans. An ambitious and expensive project built on soft soils and hard lessons, this Great Wall of Louisiana is a bulwark against once-in-a-century storms. The problem: After Hurricane Katrina drowned...
HFN Lights Up Wireless Route Between Two Major New Jersey Trading Hubs
2014-05-16 15:33:08| Wireless - Topix.net
Hudson Fiber Network has lit up a new wireless network connection between two of northern New Jersey's most important high-frequency trading hubs: Equinix's NY4 data center in Secaucus and CenturyLink Technology Services' NJ2 facility in Weehawken.
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Universal Bioenergy, A High Growth Energy Company Signs Major Contract With Global Energy Group To Begin Energy Trading, Projects Sales Of $100M
2014-05-16 13:24:54| econline Home Page
Universal Bioenergy Inc. (OTC Pink: UBRG) (PINKSHEETS:UBRG), a publicly tradedindependent diversified energy company, that markets and distributes natural gas and petroleum, announced that it signed a major contract in a joint venture with Global Energy Group LLC to begin the physical and financial trading of natural gas, electricity, petroleum and related energy commodities
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El Nino 'reduces major crop yields'
2014-05-15 15:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: El Nino events can have a significant impact on the yields of certain major food crops, a study has shown. Researchers say the climatic phenomenon, which triggers changes in temperature and rainfall, can reduce maize yields by more than 4%. El Nino episodes are caused by changes in the sea surface temperature in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Writing in Nature Communications, the team said the data could be used by governments to manage food supplies. They wrote: "Results show that El Nino...
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