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Economic halftime report
2014-07-01 21:23:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Globally, the economic slowdown of emerging nations along with unrest in Ukraine, and now Iraq, bears watching. Remember, spikes in oil prices have been a major contributor to every recession since 1969. Overall, both the domestic and global economies are muddling along, uninspired by central bank stimulus both here in United States and abroad. Road Warrior read more
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Researchers publish report on economic risks of climate change
2014-06-25 06:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: The American economy faces major risks from climate change, including damaging coastal storms, growing heat-related mortality, and declining labor productivity, according to an independent report released today by business, education and political leaders. The report, titled Risky Business, relies upon research also released today in the American Climate Prospectus: Economic Risks in the United States.(ACP). Like a financial prospectus, the prospectus assesses the risks and opportunities for the...
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Federal climate change report warns of economic, health impacts
2014-06-25 01:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto STar: Canadians can expect more floods, storms and other damaging extreme weather events as global warming inevitably gets worse, says a federal government report that also says governments are lagging in efforts to adapt to this climate change shift. The 292-page report, released with little fanfare on the Natural Resources Canada website, says more work is needed by governments to help Canadians cope with the far-reaching health, economic and environmental threats posed by global warming. It says...
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Report Finds Investments in Albertas Tar Sands Make Neither Economic Nor Climate Sense
2014-05-08 19:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A total of $1.1 trillion USD earmarked for risky carbon-intensive oil sector investments need to be challenged by investors, according to a new report released today by the Carbon Tracker Initiative. The research identifies oil reserves in the Arctic, tar sands and in deepwater deposits at the high end of the carbon/capital cost curve. Projects in this category make neither economic nor climate sense and wont fit into a carbon-constrained world looking to limit oil-related emissions, Carbon Tracker...
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U.N. climate report stops short of clear economic case for action
2014-04-10 17:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A U.N. report about ways to fix global warming due on Sunday is likely to disappoint investors seeking clear-cut economic calculations about the benefits and costs of curbing rising greenhouse gas emissions. Authors say the report stops short of an economic bottom line since it is hard to put a value, for instance, on human lives lost to extreme weather or on risks of a faster melt of Greenland's ice sheet that would push up sea levels. The United States and other governments, at talks in Berlin,...
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