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Dozens dead in Pakistan and India after floods and landslides
2016-07-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: At least 58 people have been killed in northern Pakistan and India by flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains. Floods in the Chitral district of Pakistan damaged houses and a mosque killing at least 30, officials said. Another 28 are now known to have died in floods and landslides in India's Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh states in recent days. Hundreds die in South Asian monsoon season floods every year. Bad weather has hampered rescue efforts in both countries....
Need Goldfish? Nerf Darts? Amazon Adds Dozens of New Dash Buttons
2016-06-28 23:04:19| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Amazon also today announced some handy new features for Alexa.
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Biggest US coal company funded dozens groups questioning climate change
2016-06-13 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Peabody Energy, Americas biggest coalmining company, has funded at least two dozen groups that cast doubt on manmade climate change and oppose environment regulations, analysis by the Guardian reveals. The funding spanned trade associations, corporate lobby groups, and industry front groups as well as conservative thinktanks and was exposed in court filings last month. The coal company also gave to political organisations, funding twice as many Republican groups as Democratic ones. Peabody,...
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Flooding kills dozens in Europe and Texas, displaces thousands more
2016-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Flooding across Western Europe this week has killed at least 15 people and displaced tens of thousands. That figure includes 10 dead in southern Germany, two in France, two in Romania, and one in Belgium, with more rain expected this weekend, the BBC reports. The storms have also hit Austria, the Netherlands and Poland, with officials saying climate change is likely to blame. A study released in March 2014 predicts climate-change related flooding in Europe will double by 2050, with costly damage...
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Scientists just discovered dozens of new sources of air pollution
2016-06-01 15:08:49| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Scientists may have significantly underestimated a dangerous source of pollution in the atmosphere, new research suggests. A satellite study, published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, has revealed nearly 40 previously unreported major sources of sulfur dioxide emissions -- a pollutant that can cause multiple harmful health and environmental impacts and even exacerbate global warming. Sulfur dioxide pollution can come from a variety of sources, both natural and industrial, including volcanoes,...
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