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Even Small Investments Clean Energy Could Save Millions Of Lives
2016-06-27 21:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: A new report from the International Energy Agency paints both a dreary and optimistic picture of the dangers of air pollution. On the one hand, air pollution is linked to an estimated 6.5 million deaths per year - a number that is expected to rise in coming decades. On the other hand, even small investments in technology could help curb the number of annual deaths attributed to air pollution. The IEA report looks at two main types of pollution: outdoor pollution, which kills an estimated 3 million,...
Bougainville Women Turn Around Lives of Lost Generation
2016-06-13 14:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Finding a sense of identity and purpose, as well as employment are some of the challenges facing youths in post-conflict Bougainville, an autonomous region in eastern Papua New Guinea in the southwest Pacific Islands. They have been labelled the "lost generation' due to their risk of being marginalised after missing out on education during the Bougainville civil war (1989-1998), known locally as the "Crisis'. But in Hako constituency, where an estimated 30,000 people live in villages along...
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Florida Crackers features the history & lives of Florida ranchers
2016-06-13 04:07:35| Beef
Looking for a movie to watch this weekend? Look no further than the documentary, Florida Crackers. read more
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Goodbye to Night: 80% of Humanity Lives Under Light Polluted Skies
2016-06-11 20:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Discover: The beauty of the night sky is rapidly fading, and an update to the first global light pollution map, created 15 years ago, makes that painfully clear. The new atlas revealed that more than 80 percent of the world lives under light-polluted skies that rises to 99 percent of the population in the United States and Europe. One-third of humanity can no longer see the Milky Way. As the new map shows, the night sky is slowly retreating to the glow of artificial light. Losing the Night Over...
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India Not Happy With US Study On Pollution That Claims People Lose Six Years Of Their Lives
2016-06-10 06:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
India Times: Well India has angrily rejected the study on pollution published in the Geophysical Research Letters Journal of the American Geophysical Union. "We reject the claims made in the so-called research article that each Indian loses six years of his/her life because of pollution. The Ministry of Earth Sciences does not agree with the study and completely rejects it,' Minister of State of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said in a statement here. The minister said the study...
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