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Report says climate change will cut farm, ranch earnings
2016-02-26 03:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Great Falls Tribune: A new report highlights economic threats faced by Montana's farmers and ranchers as average temperatures rise and growing conditions change. The report, "The Impacts of Climate Change on Montana's Agriculture Economy," was completed for the Great Falls-based Montana Farmers Union, a 100-year-old statewide farmers group. "You have to know what you're facing, and you need education from somewhere, which is why we've done some research to help people plan," said Chris Christiaens, project specialist...
Why Snapchat's new custom filters will change real estate marketing
2016-02-25 18:51:05| Real Estate - Topix.net
Snapchat's new custom geofilters represent a significant marketing opportunity for real estate agents and brokers -- they can add a branded geofilter for anyone to use. I didn't sleep at all last night.
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Looming Ethiopia famine highlights vulnerability climate change
2016-02-25 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Food aid will run out for over 10 million Ethiopians by May, according to aid agencies, which fear a repeat of the horrendous famines of the 1970s and 80s. Chronic drought has sapped vast tracts of the north, central and eastern highlands, hitting crops and livestock as rain patterns have shifted. More than eight in ten people depend on rain-fed agriculture, according to Oxfam. Intensified by El Nino, the dry spell brings into sharp relief the vulnerability of the continent to a changing climate....
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New report reveals costs of climate change on agriculture industry
2016-02-25 08:19:56| Agriculture - Topix.net
A new report is revealing that climate change in the Treasure State could cost the agriculture industry some big bucks in the next 40 to 50 years. KFBB recently reported on a new study about the economic impact to Montana's outdoor economy, and the new report reveals similar details.
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Coal, climate change clash in Colstrip
2016-02-25 07:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Great Falls Tribune: Ashley Dennehy, 24, left this town of 2,300 to go to college, but coal and the quality of life it fuels brought her back. Schools are great. A stone's throw from the Yellowstone River, recreational opportunities abound. Then there's the jobs. Dennehy's husband, a mechanical engineer at the Rosebud Coal Mine, earns more than $70,000 a year. That's more than the state's median household income of $46,230, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. "Where are you going to find that?" said Dennehy,...
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