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Cities forge world's largest alliance to curb climate change
2016-06-22 23:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Cities in six continents joined up to form the world's largest alliance to combat climate change on Wednesday, a move intended to help making ground-level changes to slow global warming. More than 7,100 cities in 119 countries formed the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, a network for helping exchange information on such goals as developing clean energy, organizers said. Cities are responsible for an estimated 75 percent of carbon emissions contributing to climate change and consume...
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Nuclear new-build not fast enough to curb global warming: Report
2016-06-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Nuclear reactors are not being built rapidly enough around the world to meet targets on curbing global warming, a report by the World Nuclear Association, an industry body, said on Tuesday. The association, which represents the global nuclear industry, says 1,000 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity needs to be added by 2050 so nuclear can supply around 25 percent of global electricity. Last year, more nuclear reactors were under construction and came online than at any other time in the past...
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Why measuring global food waste can help curb hunger
2016-06-10 14:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: Getting food into the hands of the hungry is just one goal of The World Resources Institute's new global measuring standard of food waste. I'm constantly struggling to control the food waste in my home, but that's a small task compared to those trying to figure out how to control worldwide food waste. A recent British report estimated there are 870 million hungry people in the world who could benefit from the food the rest of us are wasting -- if only someone could figure out how to control the...
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From the curb to the garden, your composted food scraps matter
2016-06-08 20:49:05| PortlandOnline
Include all your food scraps in the green Portland Composts! roll cart. It results in nutrient-rich compost and reduces waste headed to the landfill.
VIDEO: Could electric shocks curb spending?
2016-05-19 01:01:00| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
One British firm seeks to put a buzz into budgeting by giving bank customers an electric shock if they overspend.
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