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Name change sparks legal skirmish between two Houston law schools
2016-06-27 21:44:00| American School & University
University of Houston Law Center says in lawsuit that the newly named Houston College of Law is infringing on the university's intellectual property read more
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Democrats adopt climate change science investigation in platform
2016-06-27 16:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Members of the Democratic National Committees platform panel have formally endorsed federal investigations into climate research at fossil fuel companies, including a high-profile probe into Exxon Mobil Corp. While forming their platform this weekend, members of the committee included language saying, all corporations owe it to their shareholders to fully analyze and disclose risks they face including climate risks," according to Inside Climate News. Those who fail to do so should be held...
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Is Climate Change Making Conflict Worse?
2016-06-27 11:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Triple Pundit: Recent evidence points to environmental stress having an adverse impact on weak or unstable countries, pointing to a grim future with droughts, floods and other extreme events expected to increase due to climate change. Right now, the world is looking at Venezuela, which is going through one of the worst economic crises in recent history. Its economy is collapsing before our eyes, and environmental factors aren`t helping. Drought is crippling the country`s hydro-power potential, devastating crops...
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From fire breaks to fire hazards: Human activity & climate change transforming world's peatlands
2016-06-27 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Since the glaciers receded about 12,000 years ago, the humble bog has acted as a storage vault for atmospheric carbon, packed with dead moss and topped by a green layer of living moss that can come back after a burn. The world's bogs hold more carbon than the word's rainforests, and Canada is home to about 185 billion tonnes of increasingly vulnerable peat deposits, ranging from 40 cm to several metres deep. Dried peatlands fuelled a 2011 fire in Slave Lake Alberta, for example, and the recent...
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Maldives Pressure First-World Countries to Ratify Climate Change Agreement
2016-06-27 07:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: The Maldives, known worldwide for pristine waters and exotic white sand beaches, are also one of the most at-risk nations to the effects of climate change such as stronger storms and sea level rise. (Photo : Giulio Di Sturco/Getty Images) The Maldives, one of the countries most prone and vulnerable to the effects of climate change such as sea level rise and super storms, urged industrialized countries to affirm their commitment to the Paris climate change agreement by ratifying it. It has been...
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