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Mexico's Calderon Leads Climate Change Economics Probe
2013-09-24 06:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon is spearheading a study sponsored by seven countries into the economics of climate change, seeking to elucidate the financial benefits of reducing carbon emissions. Calderons panel will draw from the experiences of companies and governments around the world in fighting off the ravages of storms and droughts, and in cutting greenhouse gases. It also will use academic research to show the costs and risks associated with climate change and efforts to stem...
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Mexicos Double Storms Leave 115 Dead, 68 Missing
2013-09-24 02:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Two hurricanes which struck Mexico last week have claimed the lives of 115 people as rescuers continue to search for 68 others believed to have died in a massive landslide in a remote coffee-growing village. A 16-person emergency response and rescue team from the Mexican army is leading the search for victims of the slide in the village of La Pintada two hours drive north of Acapulco. Five bodies were found on Sunday. Hurricanes Ingrid and Manuel made landfall on opposite coasts within a day...
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Looting hits Mexico's Acapulco as floods squeeze supplies
2013-09-18 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Looting broke out in the flooded Mexican beach resort of Acapulco as the government struggled to reach tens of thousands of people cut off by flooding that had claimed at least 70 lives by Wednesday. Stores were ransacked by looters who carried off everything from televisions to Christmas decorations after floodwaters wreaked havoc in the Pacific port that has borne the brunt of some of the worst storm damage to hit Mexico in years. Tens of thousands of people have been trapped in the aftermath...
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Chaos as floods submerge Mexico's Acapulco, death toll rises
2013-09-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Mexico's famous beach resort of Acapulco was in chaos on Tuesday as hotels rationed food for thousands of stranded tourists and floodwaters swallowed homes and cars after some of the most damaging storms in decades killed at least 55 people across the country. Television footage showed Acapulco's international airport terminal waist deep in water and workers wading out to escape floods that have prevented some 40,000 visitors from leaving and blocked one of the main access routes to the city with...
Coca-Cola slams Mexico's soda tax plan
2013-09-11 09:48:53| Beverages - Topix.net
Coca-Cola and other soda makers criticized Mexico's plans to impose a tax on sugary drinks while consumer watchdogs warned it was urgently needed to combat soaring obesity and diabetes.
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