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Sanders to Maher: Pope Franciss Forceful Stance on Climate Change Is Miracle for Humanity
2015-06-23 15:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Bernie Sanders presidential run is not to be underestimated. He has stunned the media with the turnout at his campaign events around the country, leaving pundits to call him the dark horse candidate who might upstage Hillary Clinton. Sanders has been speaking about the need to take meaningful action on climate change for years and its been a main talking point of his campaign. Last week, Clinton, in her first major campaign speech, called climate change one of the defining threats of our time....
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Climate change threatens to undermine the last half century of health gains
2015-06-23 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The threat to human health from climate change is so great that it could undermine the last fifty years of gains in development and global health, according to a major new Commission, published in The Lancet. However, the report provides comprehensive new evidence showing that because responses to mitigate and adapt to climate change have direct and indirect health benefits -- from reducing air pollution to improving diet -- concerted global efforts to tackle climate change actually represent one...
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In Santiago, Climate Change Fuels Choking Air Pollution
2015-06-23 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Thick clouds of heavy smog hung low in Santiago on Monday, a day of exceptional filth in Chiles pollution-stricken capital city. The haze forced more than 1,300 businesses to close after authorities declared an environmental emergency, the first of its kind since 1999. Approximately 80 percent of the citys 1.7 million cars were forced to park, and 100 percent of the citys 7 million people were warned to avoid outdoor activity. The warning was prudent one of the last times this happened, an...
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Climate change a medical emergency, says study
2015-06-23 12:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The threat climate change poses to human health is so great it should be considered a medical emergency and has the potential to undermine the last fifty years of gains in development and global health, according to a UCL-led Commission. The research, which has been published in the Lancet, argues that the potentially catastrophic risk to human health rising temperatures presents has previously been underestimated. It adds that while the technologies and finance to tackle the issue can be...
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Risk of Extreme Weather From Climate Change to Rise Over Next Century, Report Says
2015-06-23 02:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: More people will be exposed to floods, droughts, heat waves and other extreme weather associated with climate change over the next century than previously thought, according to a new report in the British medical journal The Lancet. The report, published online Monday, analyzes the health effects of recent episodes of severe weather that scientists have linked to climate change. It provides estimates of the number of people who are likely to experience the effects of climate change in coming decades,...
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