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EPA Provides $8.5M To Protect Air Quality In A Changing Climate
2016-04-11 06:18:21| pollutiononline Home Page
Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $8.5M in research funding to 12 universities to protect air quality from the current and future challenges associated with the impacts of climate change
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Zika: Q&A with the climate expert
2016-04-11 03:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Economic Forum: What's the link between global warming and the spread of the Zika virus? We hear from Madeleine Thomson, who directs the WHO Collaborating Centre on Malaria Early Warning Systems and Other Climate Sensitive Diseases at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Earth Institute, Columbia University. What do you do? We look at how knowledge and information about the climate can improve health decision-making, particularly in developing countries. There is a focus on vector-borne...
Big Step for Oregon Youth Climate Change Lawsuit
2016-04-11 03:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bilbaoya: Celebrated environmental activists Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein have declared the proceedings to be the "most important lawsuit on the planet right now". Dr. James Hansen, a staunch advocate for climate change action, is also a plaintiff in the case. Philip Gregory, who represents the plaintiffs, said in a statement that the decision is "one of the most significant in our nation's history". It says the government is permitting, encouraging, and otherwise enabling continued exploitation, production,...
India's budget for climate adaptation inadequate: Activists
2016-04-11 02:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Indian government has come under fire after allocating 3.5 billion rupees ($52.8 million) for climate change adaptation over the next two financial years, a sum which environmental experts say is woefully inadequate given the size of the country and the challenges it faces. In a written response to a question by a member of Parliament during a session to discuss the budget, Prakash Javadekar, environment minister, said that the sum allocated to the National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change (NAFCC)...
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World Bank, IPCC gather to discuss climate risks
2016-04-11 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The world`s top finance officials head to Washington DC this week for the annual IMF/World Bank Spring Meeting. There`s much to discuss as global economic growth continues to slow, but there are likely to be some intriguing climate finance discussions on the sidelines. Here`s a mini preview from John Roome, the Bank`s new head of climate: "There is going to be a meeting of the high-level assembly of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition. Now this is a coalition of countries and companies...
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