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Climate change catalyst for conflict
2014-05-14 12:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Climate change is already acting as a catalyst for conflict and poses a serious risk to security, according to a strongly worded call for action from a panel of former American generals and admirals. The Centre for Naval Analysis Corporations (CNA) Military Advisory Board report concludes that the impacts of climate change are increasing instability around the world, even in the Arctic. It suggests that droughts caused by warming in the Middle East and Africa are leading to conflicts over...
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Calling Out Conflict Palm Oil Laggards One By One
2014-05-14 04:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: PepsiCo is the largest globally distributed snack food company in the world. But the company has yet to take steps to address its Conflict Palm Oil problem and break the link between the products you buy and rainforest destruction. So hundreds of people in dozens of cities around the world will join next Tuesdays Global Day of Action to Cut Conflict Palm Oil and demand change from PepsiCo. But other snack food companies are also refusing to deal with their Conflict Palm Oil problem and they...
"Simmering conflict": delicate balancing act protecting India's wilderness
2014-05-13 21:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Western Ghats of southern India, one of the worlds top biodiversity hotspots, is a 1600-kilometer (1000-mile) mountain chain that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian subcontinent. It traverses six Indian states (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu) and is home to as many as 250 million people. In the twentieth century, about 40 percent of the original vegetation cover was destroyed; at the same time, research began illuminating the ecological significance...
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Conflict of interest, cronyism along the hydrogen highway: Thomas Elias
2014-05-13 09:57:00| Chemicals - Topix.net
Looking for a new reason to distrust a state government that won't even expel legislators when they've been indicted or convicted? Then examine $46.5 million in grants announced by the state Energy Commission in early May for building refueling stations to serve the hydrogen-powered cars due to appear on California roads as early as next year.
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Indus treaty good model of Indo-Pak conflict resolution
2014-05-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Trust of India: The Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan that regulates the sharing of the river's waters has provided "a fairly successful model of conflict resolution", a new study here has said. Chronicling Pakistan's water discourse, the report says says water was flagged as one of the foremost security challenges that confront the country, at par with the threat of terrorism. The study, conducted by Islamabad-based Jinnah Institute, nevertheless says that opinion remains divided on whether the...
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