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Climate change: Single greatest threat to our existence
2015-10-26 14:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Civil Beat: On Majuro in the Marshall Islands, the dead are so close to the living that Marshallese children play on concrete burial sites marked by white plinths and headstones. Land is so scarce on parts of this small island that this particular cemetery is squeezed between homes, some abandoned, each hugging a narrow, rocky coastline on the ocean side of the atoll. Giant tides exacerbate eroding soil and nearly a dozen graves have fallen into the sea and washed away. Several others appear poised to follow...
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World Catholic leaders appeal for bold climate change agreement
2015-10-26 13:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Roman Catholic leaders from around the world on Monday made a joint appeal to a forthcoming United Nations conference on climate change to produce a "fair, legally binding and truly transformational" agreement. The Catholic cardinals, patriarchs and bishops from across the globe signed the appeal in the Vatican, saying climate change had to be linked "to social injustice and the social exclusion of the poorest and most vulnerable of our citizens". Their 10-point document was based on Pope Francis's...
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Could Packaging Change Put an End to Disposable Coffee Pods Heading to Landfill?
2015-10-26 12:59:00| Waste Age
Canadian coffee roaster Club Coffee believes it has the answer to the growing waste concerns for the single-serve pods now. read more
Climate change a major health threat to children, doctors warn
2015-10-26 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Climate change poses a rising global public health and safety threat, and children are particularly vulnerable, the American Academy of Pediatrics says in a new policy statement. The group is urging pediatricians and politicians to work together to solve the crisis and protect children from the immediate and long-term health consequences of climate change. "There is nothing more important than protecting the health, welfare and future for our children and grandchildren," the statement's lead...
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Property owners seek Streetsboro zoning change
2015-10-26 08:14:56| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
The property owners along Streetsboro's Classic Drive -- Classic Auto Group and The Bernie Moreno Companies -- are asking city residents to rezone the three properties along the road at the ballot Nov. 3. Streetsboro City Council voted in August to place the rezoning request, Issue 39, on the ballot at the request of the property owners.
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