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California Looks to Change Labeling Rules in Bid to Address Food Waste
2016-04-07 15:53:00| Waste Age
A proposed bill in California will implement a new standard for food labeling. read more
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To help curb climate change, stop wasting food - scientists
2016-04-07 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Reducing food waste around the world would help curb emissions of planet-warming gases, lessening some of the impacts of climate change such as more extreme weather and rising seas, scientists said on Thursday. Up to 14 percent of emissions from agriculture in 2050 could be avoided by managing food use and distribution better, according to a new study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). "Agriculture is a major driver of climate change, accounting for more than 20 percent...
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Tax credit change 'may cause hardship'
2016-04-07 12:34:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Families who have been overpaid tax credits will have to repay the money at a much faster rate from now on, under government changes, prompting concern from campaigners.
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Climate Change Causes Havoc in Seasons and Food Production
2016-04-07 11:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: The consequences of global warming are quite evident this year as winter disappeared early and summer kicked in earlier than usual in a number of countries. The European summer began ten days earlier this April than four decades ago. This climatic shift has occurred between the 1960s and 2000s. The seasonal clock is now a chaos and there is a possibility of summer to begin 20 days earlier by the end of this century. Researchers said this climatic change is happening due to increasing carbon...
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New study shows grim relationship between climate change and health
2016-04-07 09:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Monterey County Weekly: We have a pretty good idea of what climate change will do to the landscape: melt it, flood it, tear it up in freak superstorms, turn it into desert. But what will climate change do to us to our bodies and minds? The White House released a major report April 4 that tries to answer that question, drawing on research from eight federal agencies. The coming health crisis it describes is ugly, and wide-ranging. An extra 11,000 premature deaths each year by 2030 from extreme heat waves; babies born...
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