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2014 officially hottest year on record, US government scientists say
2015-01-16 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The numbers are in. The year 2014 after shattering temperature records that had stood for hundreds of years across virtually all of Europe, and roasting parts of South America, China and Russia was the hottest on record, with global temperatures 1.24F (0.69C) higher than the 20th century average, US government scientists said on Friday. A day after international researchers warned that human activities had pushed the planet to the brink, new evidence of climate change arrived. The world was...
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Climate change may cost six times more than the US government says
2015-01-15 13:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quartz: The United States is underestimating the true economic cost of carbon emissions by as much as 83%, according to a new study that suggests governments should be moving faster and more drastically to curb the level of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. The findings are based on the Stanford University researchers' recalculation of the "social cost of carbon,' an estimate of the economic damages caused by each additional metric ton of carbon dioxide emitted in a year. The social cost...
Maharashtra government steps in to mollify cane farmers
2015-01-15 07:30:56| Sugar Industry News
Stepping in to seek central aid for the ever beleaguered co-operative sugar industry, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and union minister of state for food and civil supplies Raosaheb Danve Patil will meet union finance minister Arun Jaitley.
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Government Implements Measures to Safeguard FMD Free Zone Status
2015-01-14 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SOUTH AFRICA - The Government will vigorously implement key control measures to safeguard the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) free zone status in the country, said the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana.
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Carbon Pollution Costs More Than U.S. Government Estimates
2015-01-13 15:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Climate change could have much larger impacts on the economy than the U.S. government is anticipating, according to an analysis released yesterday that suggests the social cost of carbon should be six times higher. A paper by two Stanford University researchers argues that the true cost of releasing greenhouse gases is about $220 a ton because rising temperatures could badly hinder a nation's economic growth over decades or centuries. The Obama administration estimates that the social cost of...
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