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VIDEO: Co-op needs 'radical change'
2014-05-07 11:01:45| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Former City Minister Lord Myners has warned that the future of the Co-operative Group could be in danger, unless it adopts radical changes to the way it is managed.
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States and cities need act on climate change
2014-05-07 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: AMONG THE injustices of human-caused climate change is that nations most responsible for filling the atmosphere with heat-trapping carbon dioxide will not face the brunt of the consequences. A belt of vulnerable, poor countries around the equator will probably be hit hardest, even though many did not enjoy the economic benefits of burning fossil fuels for energy. The first reason to fight global warming is to head off a global mess the United States is helping to create. But the United States,...
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Myanmar Wakes Up to Climate Change
2014-05-07 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Between 2008 and 2013, when Myanmar remained largely closed off to the rest of the world, it suffered a terrible toll at the hands of nature that remained largely unknown. In those five years, the country of 60 million suffered at least eight major natural calamites that killed more than 141,000 people and affected 3.2 million. The worst of these was Cyclone Nargis in May 2008 that killed more than 130,000 and affected 2.4 million.Myanmar is still covered with some of the most pristine jungles...
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Report: Climate change already affecting US
2014-05-07 09:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: When it came time to deliver a new federal report detailing what global warming is doing to America and the dire forecast for the future, President Barack Obama turned to the pros who regularly deliver the bad news about wild weather: TV meteorologists. "We want to emphasize to the public, this is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now," Obama told "Today" show weathercaster Al Roker. "Whether it means increased flooding, greater vulnerability...
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White House warns of climate change impacts in south Georgia
2014-05-07 07:04:52| Agriculture - Topix.net
A new government report says Georgia's agriculture industry will take a major hit from climate change and urgent action is needed.
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