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Silent Crisis: How Climate Change Drives People From Homes by Destroying Their Livelihoods
2015-11-14 05:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlterNet: According to a recent study, rising temperatures are a significant driver of permanent migration among poor farmers in Indonesia. The study found that temperature increases were far more likely to induce migration than rapid-onset hazards such as floods, due to their long-term and cumulative effects on household income. Based on the results, the researchers estimated that an additional 2°C rise in temperatures could force up to five percent of Indonesias population (12.4 million people) to migrate...
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Area Roundy's stores might change after merger with grocery giant Kroger Co.
2015-11-14 03:44:30| Grocery - Topix.net
The already crowded and competitive grocery store market in Southeastern Wisconsin will likely become an even fiercer battle after the recent merger of Kroger Co. and the Milwaukee-based Roundy's Inc. Perhaps nowhere is that battle more evident than in Waukesha, where a Walmart Supercenter opened in 2010, a Woodman's Food Market opened in 2013 and a Meijer store will open in 2016 in a city that already has three Pick 'n Save locations, two Sentry stores and an Aldi.
Liberal donors double down on climate change
2015-11-13 23:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: At a closed-door gathering next week in Washington, influential liberal donors and operatives plan to double down on their efforts to make climate change a central voting issue in 2016, despite disappointing returns on a similar campaign in 2014. The meeting at Washington's Mandarin Oriental hotel, organized by the Democracy Alliance liberal donor club, will feature discussions with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, representatives from powerful green groups and billionaire...
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Forget Washington, Citizens Need to Stop Climate Change
2015-11-13 22:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Climate change talk with little action isn't exactly new in the United States - but this time, the talk has centered on the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline,on the upcoming COP21 talks in Paris, Pope Francis, even the new President Obama Facebook page, which launched this week with a climate theme. But as you scan the headlines you might think that Americans themselves haven't paid much attention. Not one but two recent polls suggest that Americans don't care about climate change and don't worry...
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Network Evening News Programs Yet To Address What Exxon Knew About Climate Change
2015-11-13 19:19:23| Chemicals - Topix.net
In recent months, media investigations have revealed that Exxon Mobil peddled climate science denial for years after its scientists recognized that burning fossil fuels causes global warming, prompting New York's Attorney General to issue a subpoena to Exxon and all three Democratic presidential candidates to call for a federal probe of the company. But despite these developments, the nightly news programs of all three major broadcast networks -- ABC, CBS, and NBC -- have failed to air a single segment addressing the evidence that Exxon knowingly deceived its shareholders and the public about climate change.
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