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Syria and Climate Change: Does Global Warming Fuel Conflict?
2015-11-16 16:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IPA: At the Democratic Party debate on Saturday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders was asked: You said you want to rid the planet of ISIS. In the previous debate you said the greatest threat to national security is climate change. Do you still believe that? Absolutely, Sen. Sanders replied. Climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism and if we do not get our act together and listen to what the scientists say, youre going to see countries all over the world, this is what the CIA says,...
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Kerry: Climate change aggravated the Syrian conflict
2015-10-17 16:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Examiner: Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged Saturday that climate change didn't cause the Syrian conflict, but he said it did play a large role in making the situation worse. In a speech at the Milan Expo in Italy, Kerry said that climate change and the resulting food shortages play a large role in national security and urged the international community to come together to find a solution. "Make no mistake: The implications here extend well beyond hunger," Kerry said, according to an Associated...
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Breyer heard energy case despite wife's stock that posed a conflict of interest
2015-10-16 22:35:54| Automakers - Topix.net
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer had a conflict of interest under federal law when he heard arguments in a case this week despite his wife's ownership of stock in a company involved in the dispute. Supreme Court Clerk Scott Harris said in a letter dated Thursday that Breyer's wife has since sold her shares in Wisconsin-based Johnson Controls, Inc., which owns a subsidiary that is involved in the high-profile energy case.
Berkeley councilman to donate real estate fee to charity after conflict of interest was raised
2015-10-06 07:20:00| Real Estate - Topix.net
In a statement posted on a local news site, Berkeleyside, late Monday, Laurie Capitelli said he would give away nearly $6,000 "to avoid any suggestion of impropriety." This newspaper reported last week that Capitelli worked as police Chief's Michael Meehan's real estate agent on the purchase of a $1.185 million North Berkeley home months after voting to approve Meehan's housing loan.
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Governments must cooperate more in water 'hotspots' to prevent conflict
2015-10-01 21:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Governments in water 'hotspots' need to scale up cooperation over shared water resources to avoid 'drastic' consequences such as international conflicts, the United Nations University (UNU) said on Friday. The importance of water cooperation in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Middle East, where hundreds of millions of people depend on shared resources, is growing as climate change increasingly affects water availability, UNU said in a report. "Water challenges are going to increase as a result...
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