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Two Climate Analysts Fault Gas Leaks, but Not as a Big Warming Threat
2013-08-01 23:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Two prominent analysts of human-driven global warming have offered fresh criticisms of the way Anthony Ingraffea, a Cornell University engineering professor, has been portraying the contribution of natural gas leaks to climate change. The researchers are Raymond Pierrehumbert, a climate scientist at the University of Chicago, and Richard A. Muller, a physics professor at the University of California, Berkeley who is best known of late for his research corroborating the extent of recent climate warming....
Gina McCarthy: Climate change poses economic threat
2013-07-31 12:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Climate change isn't an environmental problem -- it's an economic problem, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said Tuesday. McCarthy doubled down on President Barack Obama's call for broad climate regulations in tandem with economic growth, making that the theme of her first speech since she was confirmed two weeks ago. "Hello. Climate change isn't an environmental issue. It is a fundamental economic challenge for us,' the Boston native said during Tuesday's address at Harvard Law School. "It...
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Plastic beads are the latest pollution threat to Great Lakes
2013-07-31 05:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Tiny plastic beads from beauty products are showing up in North America's Great Lakes, and an environmental group is calling upon companies to stop using the plastic particles. Scientists have already been found the particles, known as microplastic, floating in the oceans but recently reported the same contamination in the largest surface freshwater system on the Earth. The particles are often less than a millimeter (0.04 inch). A team of researchers with 5 Gyres Institute, a non-profit California-based...
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EU/CHINA: China open to talks on European wine threat
2013-07-30 12:39:31| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The threat of China imposing trade barriers to European Union wine over dumping claims has eased after it emerged the Asian country is open to talks on the issue.
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Comment - Can SPI Group Unhook Stolichnaya From Gay Boycott Threat?
2013-07-26 18:20:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The gay community in the US has, understandably, reacted angrily to new laws in Russia that outlaw so-called "homosexual propaganda" and gay adoption.
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