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Australia: Climate action call as 'another angry summer' breaks 156 heat records
2014-03-10 02:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More than 150 temperature records were broken in Australia during another angry summer that highlighted the need for deep reductions in greenhouse gases, a new report has said. The analysis, by the Climate Council, found that Sydney experienced its driest summer in 27 years, while Melbourne sweltered through its hottest ever 24-hour period, averaging 35.5C. The Victorian capital also had four days in a row above 41C. Elsewhere, Adelaide had a record of 11 days at 42C or hotter during the...
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Vt.'s Sen. Sanders to lead climate "wake-up" call
2014-03-09 18:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will help lead an overnight session of the Senate's Climate Action Task Force in what he terms a wake-up call on global warming. Sanders -- an Independent who is co-sponsor of a bill that would tax carbon and methane emissions -- will be joined by New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Maine Sen. Angus King and two dozen other task force members. The overnight session will take place on the Senate floor Monday night through Tuesday morning. Sanders says the overnight...
California Democrats call for marijuana legalization, fracking ban
2014-03-09 14:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: California Democrats on Sunday unanimously approved a platform that calls for the legalization of marijuana and an immediate ban on the oil-and-gas industry practice known as fracking. There was no debate on the proposals, only cheers and then a voice vote at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where a few hundred delegates gathered on the final day of the state Democratic Party's annual convention. On the marijuana issue, state Democrats "support the legalization, regulation and taxation of...
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Springdale Tyson Plant Evacuated After Ammonia Leak Call
2014-03-09 03:50:14| Food - Topix.net
Tyson Foods workers were evacuated from a Springdale plant early Saturday morning after ammonia may have leaked into the building, according to the Springdale Fire Department.
EUR/US: European brewers call for help to ease US tax burden
2014-03-07 16:08:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Smaller brewers in Europe have called for a "level playing field" with their US brethren because the latter enjoy more favourable tax conditions on their exports.
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