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Report: Weather satellite gap, climate change among biggest threats facing Federal government
2013-02-15 22:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Every two years the Government Accountability Office highlights the top 30 challenges facing the Federal government on its "high risk list'. A looming gap in the coverage of weather satellites and climate change are the newest additions to this list says the GAO in a report released Thursday. The satellite risk Polar-orbiting satellites scan the globe in pole-to-pole loops and feed important data into models for weather forecasting. But a gap in their coverage is possible starting as soon as...
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Fifth of reptiles facing extinction
2013-02-15 13:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The Zoological Society of London says nearly a fifth of the world's reptiles are facing extinction. In a study of reptiles including crocodiles, lizards, snakes, tortoises and turtles, researchers found that half of freshwater turtles are close to extinction while the jungle runner lizard may already have died out. Dr Monika Bohm, lead author of the paper written with the IUCN Species Survival Commission, spoke to BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast.
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Facing Race: 2011 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity (PDF)
2013-02-13 19:32:23| PortlandOnline
This report examines 23 pieces of legislation introduced in the 2011 Regular Session that would have the most direct impacts on Oregonians, particularly communities of color
Finance major challenge facing REDD
2013-02-13 13:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Weve been talking about REDD for a long time, but there is still a lot to be done. Were still building a common approach and looking at finance, Chacko says. Each area is different, but its imp that there are common approaches, that rights are respected, that there is environmental ingrity, that the way people count carbon in REDD is the same, so that we understand what we are accomplishing with REDD. The biggest challenge is finance. We have seen some financing flow but its not clear...
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Former KC-area car dealer facing ID theft charges
2013-02-12 22:36:47| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
A 25-year-old former Kansas City man is facing 17 felony charges accusing him of using personal information he received at his Jackson County car dealership to receive more than $1 million in fraudulent car loans.
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