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VIDEO: Co-op set for 'radical change'
2014-05-17 09:28:34| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Representatives of the Co-op Group are set to vote on Saturday over proposals to overhaul the governance of the 150-year-old British mutual.
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Climate Change Harms Fresh Water Quality
2014-05-17 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chapelboro: A study published in Global Change Biology claims that the quality of fresh water is beginning to diminish in lower elevation forests, and that climate change is to blame. The director of the Institute for the Environment, and distinguished professor of geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lawrence E. Band, states that the lower elevated watersheds are becoming greatly stressed due to the recent frequency of droughts in those areas. If we become more dependent on upper...
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The Republican War On Science: From Climate Change To Reproduction
2014-05-17 09:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Moderate Voice: There is good reason that, going back to the Bush years, only six percent of scientists identify themselves as Republicans. For several years Republicans have promoted views contrary to facts as demonstrated by the scientific method, and commonly distort science to justify their positions. We have seen more examples of this with Marco Rubio`s denial that human action is responsible for climate change despite overwhelming evidence that this is the case. Some on the right have come to Rubio`s defense....
Climate Change Research Axed in Australia
2014-05-17 06:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian Liberty Voice: The fallout from the new governments budget is still being seen in Australia, but it is already obvious that climate change is a loser when it comes to funding. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has long been skeptical of global warming and the science behind it, but with his new-found legislative power it seems as though he is looking at making that viewpoint into law. According to critics, there is no longer even the pretence of working towards limiting the effects of climate change as the government...
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Canada: Will Toronto be resilient in the face of climate change?
2014-05-17 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Toronto is celebrated for its diversity, but what about its resiliency? As the planet heats up and weather grows ever more extreme, cities around the world are taking a second look at themselves with an eye to making sure theyre up to the task ahead. So it was no surprise that the Global Cities Summit devoted a whole session to the subject of urban resiliency. The conference, one of the most international Toronto has hosted in some time, wrapped up Friday evening. Delegates from places as...
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