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Fixing climate change might add no costs, says report
2014-09-16 21:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In decades of public debate about global warming, one assumption has been accepted by virtually all factions - that tackling it would necessarily be costly. But a new report casts doubt on that idea, declaring that the necessary fixes could wind up being effectively free. A global commission will announce its finding on Tuesday that an ambitious series of measures to limit emissions would cost $4 trillion or so over the next 15 years, an increase of roughly five per cent over the amount that would...
Big firms agree to cut use of coolants that add to global warming
2014-09-16 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A week before world leaders will discuss how to slow the increase of dangerous gases in the atmosphere, the Obama administration announced that it has reached agreements with a range of major companies to voluntarily phase out a class of chemicals, used in refrigerators and air conditioners, and seen as contributors to global warming. The chemicals, called hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs, became the popular alternative to the refrigerant, Freon, banned in the 1990s as a danger to the planet`s ozone...
Southwest Airlines to add flight from BWI to Costa Rica
2014-09-12 20:13:51| Airlines - Topix.net
Been thinking about going to Costa Rica from BWI? Well, Southwest CEO Gary Kelly has some news for you. Staff reporter Rebecca Cooper caught up with him at a Sept.
Landslides add to misery of Kashmir's worst floods in decades
2014-09-12 10:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Rescuers raced to help communities hit by landslides in Indian Kashmir on Friday while thousands were stranded, homeless and hungry in the city of Srinagar, most of which was submerged by the region's worst flooding in 50 years. Both the Indian and Pakistan sides of the disputed Himalayan territory have been hit by extensive flooding since the Jhelum river, swollen by unusually heavy rain, surged last week. The river flows from Indian Kashmir to the Pakistan side, and then down into Pakistan's...
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Kroger to add 1,200 jobs in southwest Ohio area
2014-09-06 21:53:29| Grocery - Topix.net
The Kroger Co. is expected to hire as many as 1,200 people in southwest Ohio as part of a push to add 20,000 employees nationwide.
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