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Severe Weather Threat Next Wednesday
2014-09-06 23:33:24| Chemicals - Topix.net
I want to give you a heads-up on the severe weather threat for next Wednesday. The Storm Prediction Center has a fairly rare Severe Weather Outlook Area out for Day 5 and it covers much of the Southern Great Lakes Region.
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EPA head affirms climate change public health threat
2014-09-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rhode Island Public Radio: Climate change is one of the countrys most serious public health threats, said Gina McCarthy, the head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She spoke to a large crowd of local energy and environmental leaders at an annual conference today hosted by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. McCarthy shared one example of a direct public health threat. What you have to realize is that one in 10 kids in the United States of America has asthma, she said. Why am I mentioning asthma related to climate change?...
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Potash miners face over-supply threat of their own making
2014-09-06 06:45:04| Chemicals - Topix.net
A pickup in fertilizer demand has brightened the outlook for North American potash companies who suffered through plunging prices and profits after a European trading consortium collapsed in 2013. A surplus of potash mining capacity is set to grow even larger in coming years, weighing down the global industry while favoring low-cost eastern European producers over North American miners, who are sticking to a marketing strategy that risks falling behind the times.
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George Bush: Climate Change Is a Threat
2014-09-03 20:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Republic: George P. Bush, heir apparent in the family political dynasty, just acknowledged that climate change is real, linked it to sea level rise and extreme weather, and suggested we find ways of adapting to it. Thats pretty remarkable, given that Republicans almost never say such things--and that Bush, who is running for the office of state Land Commissioner, is already touted by some as the partys future. Heres the key excerpt from the Texas Tribunes Neena Satija interview with Bush published over...
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Maine lobster and Cape cod under threat from rapidly warming seas
2014-09-03 17:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Imagine Cape Cod without cod. Maine without lobster. The regions famous rocky beaches invisible, obscured by constant high waters. Its already starting to happen. The culprit is the warming seas and in particular the Gulf of Maine, whose waters are heating up faster than 99% of the worlds oceans, scientists say. Long-established species of commercial fish, like cod, herring and northern shrimp, are departing for colder waters. Black sea bass, blue crabs and new species of squid all highly...
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