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Climate Change Makes Droughts in Australia Worse
2015-04-05 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change is making drought conditions in southwest and southeast Australia worse, with serious ramifications for people's health and the agriculture industry, a new paper has warned. The Climate Council report says projected decreases in average rainfall are linked to reduced agricultural productivity and increased suicide risk in rural areas. The Climate Council report states that since the mid-1990s, southeast Australia has experienced a 15 percent drop in rainfall during late autumn and...
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Timely action needed to slow down climate change, French officials say
2015-04-04 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nation: French Ambassador for the Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP 21) Philippe Zeller and COP 21 adviser Emmanuel Guerin, were in Bangkok to attend meetings recently. The pair spoke to The Nation's Wiraj Sripong on the readiness of Asean nations, especially Thailand to lift environmental standards. Q : WHAT IS THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF YOUR VISIT TO BANGKOK AND TO ASIA? Zeller: Our visit to Bangkok is part of the annual meeting of the French Ambassador in Asean. This will allow us to have an overview...
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Finland: Majority of parliamentary candidates rate climate change above competitiveness
2015-04-04 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
YLE: Over 58 percent of parliamentary candidates running in the general election say that mitigating climate change should take priority over improving Finland's competitiveness. The Greens Party and the Left Alliance are most willing for the environment to play a larger role in policymaking, while National Coalition Party and Finns Party candidates would give prevalence to improving Finlands industrial might on the global market. Economic woes are less of an immediate concern than climate change for...
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When Corporations Take The Lead On Social Change
2015-04-04 16:09:25| Beverages - Topix.net
Wal-Mart, Apple, Angie's List, NASCAR - some of the biggest names in business this week pushed back against "religious freedom" laws in Indiana and Arkansas. They said the laws could open the door to discrimination against gays and lesbians and were bad for their business.
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Drought, Climate Change and California's Multibillion-Dollar Problem
2015-04-03 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Two weeks before California Governor Jerry Browns announcement on Wednesday that residents and businesses in the Golden State -- which is withering amid one of its worst droughts in modern history -- would be subjected to unprecedented restrictions on water usage, he issued a blistering attack on those who continue to question fundamental climate science. Such thinking, Brown said during an appearance on NBCs Meet the Press late last month, borders on the immoral, and the Democratic governor...
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