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One American tribe is fleeing climate change with the help of $48m others arent so lucky
2016-03-23 18:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The tiny Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe has called the coastal marshlands of southern Louisiana home ever since their ancestors settled there to avoid forced relocation under the Indian Removal Act of 1830. But the close-knit community of Isle de Jean Charles has grown increasingly fragmented as their island slowly disappears beneath their feet and powerful storms ravage their homes and crops. A potent combination of accelerating sea level rise, salt water intrusion and subsidence of the land...
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How to Change Out a Recloser
2016-03-23 17:06:59| Transmission & Distribution World
This video shows an Arizona Public Service crew removing a recloser and installing a new recloser to provide feeder fault isolation. Sponsored by: Burns & McDonnell read more
Could fungi help pine forests withstand climate change?
2016-03-23 12:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Arthur Conan Doyle's famous literary detective Sherlock Holmes once noted that "the little things are infinitely the most important." It's a belief that investigators at the University of Alberta obviously share. Whether they're seeking to understand the tiniest forms of life, taking small steps toward major breakthroughs or influencing students in subtle but profound ways, U of A researchers and educators are proving that little things can make a big impact. The lodgepole pine is one of the most...
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Activist investors ask United Airlines to change chairman before shareholder vote
2016-03-23 01:13:35| Airlines - Topix.net
The two hedge funds that have launched a boardroom fight with United Continental Holdings Inc on Tuesday called on the airline to immediately appoint one of its two new board members as chairman, according to a regulatory filing. The funds asked that either James Whitehurst, former chief operating officer of Delta Air Lines Inc, or Robert Milton, former CEO of Air Canada, be appointed chairman before shareholders vote on a slate of six other directors that the funds proposed two weeks ago, the filing said.
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Climate change driving early grape harvests in France, Switzerland - study
2016-03-22 17:24:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The impact of drought on wine grape harvests has largely disappeared in France and Switzerland as overall climate change plays a larger role, according to a combined study from NASA and Harvard University.
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