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President Obama and climate change: 5 things I learned
2015-04-11 18:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: President Barack Obama took part in a roundtable discussion this week on climate change, refocusing on the issue from a public health vantage point. After the event at Washington's Howard University on Tuesday, Obama sat down with me for a one-on-one interview. I asked him about the science behind climate change and public health and the message he wants the average American to take away, as well as how enforceable his action plan is. Here are five things I learned: 1. College was an eye-opener....
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How climate change affects bird populations
2015-04-11 18:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Suffolk Times: Birds arent political.Thats why the National Audubon Societys Conservation Data Manager Tom Auer hopes hell be able to engage his audience at Mashomack Preserve today in taking steps to protect the feathered population from becoming extinct. The Audubon Society and groups like the World Wildlife Fund have gathered evidence that shows that climate change has already affected the bird population. Several months ago, Audubon issued a lengthy report outlining observations made in the field both...
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8 things you need to know about Hillary Clinton and climate change
2015-04-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Its strange to remember how bitterly divisive the 2008 Democratic presidential primary battle was. Hillary Clintons and Barack Obamas platforms and ideological positioning were awfully similar. And on the chief difference between them - Obamas less hawkish foreign policy - the victor wiped away that distinction by appointing Clinton as secretary of state. Now Clinton is expected to announce her candidacy on Sunday and is poised to coast through the 2016 Democratic primaries as her partys prohibitive...
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UPDATE 1-FDA panel votes against label change to Swedish Match snus
2015-04-11 00:54:16| Appliances - Topix.net
Swedish Match AB should not be allowed to alter the warning label on its snus smokeless tobacco products to claim they are less harmful than cigarettes, an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded on Friday. Stockholm-based Swedish Match is seeking FDA approval to remove warnings about mouth cancer, gum disease and tooth loss from its snus product and state that it presents "substantially" less risk than cigarettes.
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Why Obama linked climate change to his daughters asthma
2015-04-10 21:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: YOU HEAR THAT? Its President Obama dropping another climate gauntlet. The core of the presidents announcements late Tuesday was a set of initiatives meant to track, mitigate, and inform the public about the dangers of diseases exacerbated by human-caused global warming. But the vehicle for these policies was in its own way even more interesting: an anecdote about his daughter Malias childhood struggles with asthma. Malia had asthma when she was 4, and because we had good health insurance,...
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