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More urgent than Ebola, climate change is a bigger threat and we need to act now
2014-10-18 22:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mirror: The biggest threat to mankind is not war and international conflict its the fact that most governments never think about the long term. This week the US Defense Department said natural disasters from climate change will lead to more instability, disease and poverty. Ive been in Geneva for a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, a group of politicians from 160 countries which champions human rights. I last visited Geneva eight years ago to discuss with the United Nations World...
Kerry: Climate change as urgent as ISIS, Ebola
2014-09-23 08:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Secretary of State John Kerry said the threats posed by climate change should be addressed with as much "immediacy" as confronting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and the Ebola outbreak. During a meeting with foreign ministers on Sunday, Kerry said global warming is creating "climate refugees." "We see people fighting over water in some places. There are huge challenges to food security and challenges to the ecosystem, our fisheries and ... the acidification of the ocean is a challenge...
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International Panel says Urgent Action Needed Mitigate Climate Change
2014-09-19 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: A leading climate scientist warns failure to act on reducing threats from climate change will have disastrous global consequences. He said the science on climate change is solid and inaction is no solution. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due to release the final installment of its 5th Assessment Report in a few weeks. The previous report lays out the risks of climate change and stresses the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere through adaptation...
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Texas Hospitals Say They've Lost Insured Patients to Urgent Care
2014-08-29 13:43:39| Chemicals - Topix.net
Eighth-grader Montanique DeShay waits as Ashlyn Brooks, medical assistant at MedSpring Urgent Care in Austin, comes to check on her on Wednesday.
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Kerry issues urgent call to save oceans
2014-06-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: US Secretary of State John Kerry sounded the alarm Monday on the perils facing the world's oceans, calling for a global strategy to save the planet's life-giving seas. US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during the opening session of Our Ocean conference at the State Department on June 16, 2014 in Washington "Let's develop a plan" to combat over-fishing, climate change and pollution, Kerry urged as he opened a two-day conference in Washington bringing together world leaders, scientists...
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