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Climate change a risk to health of Australians: Report
2015-04-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Doctors and scientists fear global warming will lead to more disease, death and violent conflicts as nations fight for food and water. In a new report, 60 researchers warn climate change will have devastating impacts on the health of Australians as the world warms by a predicted minimum of two degrees over the next century. They fear extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and cyclones will affect Australia's food security while ecosystem changes will increase diseases such as dengue and...
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White House Reboots Draft Guidance on Evaluating Climate Change Impacts
2015-04-30 15:56:06| Waste Management - Topix.net
The White House Council on Environmental Quality has restarted the process for formal advice on how best to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of climate change under the National Environmental Policy Act . More than four years after issuing its first draft guidance on the same subject, CEQ published its Revised Draft Guidance for Federal Departments and Agencies on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews on December 24, 2014.
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Board Taking Input On Proposed Harney Peak Name Change
2015-04-30 10:57:27| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A state board is meeting to take public input on a proposed name change for Harney Peak in Pennington County. The South Dakota Board on Geographic Names is scheduled to hold meetings Wednesday in Custer and Rapid City.
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Australia: Climate change: Diseases, heatwaves, lost jobs to impact human health, experts warn
2015-04-30 03:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Australia's top doctors and scientists are urging the Government to show leadership on climate change after a new report warned human health would feel the most immediate impacts of global warming. The report from the Australian Academy of Science was endorsed by the Australian Medical Association and highlighted unemployment, population displacement and social inequality as potential impacts to society. "Whether it be more heatwaves, tropical diseases moving to new areas or lost jobs in farming,...
Pope Francis & climate change: Why Catholic skeptics are so alarmed
2015-04-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: With Pope Francis poised to issue a full-throated call to address the looming threats of climate change this year, conservative Catholic skeptics are crying foul. The pope has already prepared a major encyclical or moral guide for the globes 1.2 billion Catholics which later this year will stress the imperative of addressing human-caused global warming. And on Tuesday, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and other organizations hosted a summit at the Vatican called Protect the Earth, Dignify...
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