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How Cities Can Help Fight Climate Change
2014-10-09 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The new proposals to combat climate change announced today by President Obama will leverage innovative climate strategies which are already at work and which have been proven effective. If successful, these proposals will help deliver powerful nature-based climate solutions from cities to rural communities. One of the most widely appreciated ways to slow climate change is by replanting native forests to absorb carbon dioxide that would otherwise contribute to global warming. U.S. forests capture...
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Portland City Council adopts Climate Change Preparation Strategy, Risk and Vulnerabilities Assessment
2014-10-08 23:26:01| PortlandOnline
News Release posted October 8, 2014
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Mangroves protecting corals from climate change
2014-10-08 20:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Certain types of corals, invertebrates of the sea that have been on Earth for millions of years, appear to have found a way to survive some of their most destructive threats by attaching to and growing under mangrove roots. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and Eckerd College recently published research on a newly discovered refuge for reef-building corals in mangrove habitats of the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than 30 species of reef corals were found growing in Hurricane Hole, a mangrove...
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Narendra Modi government may revive Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change
2014-10-08 18:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: With the adverse impacts of climate change becoming more evident and the recent spate of extreme weather events, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is actively considering reviving the high level advisory panel to coordinate national efforts to assess, adapt to and counter the impact of climate change. The PM's Council on Climate Change constituted by the UPA government in 2007 last met in February 2011 and limited itself to assessing the eight missions that comprised National Action Plan on Climate...
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Climate Change Preparation Strategy Heads to Portland City Council
2014-10-08 17:29:15| PortlandOnline
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