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Crosswalk education and enforcement action aimed at making Portland streets safer
2016-04-25 20:13:18| PortlandOnline
Crosswalk action planned for SE 82nd Ave at SE Cooper St on Tuesday, April 26, from 10:00am to 2:00pm.
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Now is the right time for action on climate change
2016-04-25 19:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Examiner: When growth is strong, governments are urged to allow its exploitation, and when growth is weak they are urged not to worsen matters, says Simon Upton IN the 30 or so years that climate change has been a global concern, governments have optimistically assumed that a green transition would happen naturally, as rising fossil fuel prices nudged consumers toward low-carbon alternatives. The impediment, it was believed, was on the production side, as gushing returns on oilfield investments spurred...
PA Regular Action [ PA Initiator ]
2016-04-25 16:56:21| PortlandOnline
PA Regular Action [ PA Initiator ] PDF Document, 1,644kbCategory: P&F Print Instructions
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U.N. expert calls for India to ramp up action to help slum dwellers
2016-04-25 13:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India's ambitious target to build 20 million new homes for the nation's poor is failing slum dwellers and those living on the city's streets, Leilani Farha, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, has warned. She said India, which has the world's largest number of urban poor and landless people, is trying to address the "scourge" of inadequate housing through its 'Housing for all' policy that vows to provide homes for all families by 2022. But opponents fear...
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The Right Time for Climate Action
2016-04-25 05:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Project Syndicate: During most of the roughly three decades since climate change became a global concern, governments optimistically assumed that a green transition would happen naturally over time, as rising fossil-fuel prices nudged consumers toward low-carbon alternatives. The impediment, it was believed, was on the production side, as gushing returns on oilfield investments spurred ever more ambitious exploration. Today, the tables have turned. With oil prices languishing around $40 a barrel, fossil-fuel companies...
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