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Climate change is making the world sick
2014-02-11 11:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: It is beyond doubt that our emissions of greenhouse gases contribute to climate change. And climate change is making us sick. The World Health Organisation estimates that between 1970 and 2004, the environmental effects of climate change caused more than 140,000 deaths each year. And the direct financial cost of the damage it will have on our health is estimated to come in at around US$2-4 billion in just over 15 years time. Extreme weather events We tend to think of large-scale weather events...
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Public Comment Draft: Risk and Vulnerabilities Assessment for Climate Change Preparation Strategy
2014-02-10 22:40:11| PortlandOnline
Released Feb. 10, 2014 by the City of Portland and Multnomah County PDF Document, 1,320kbCategory: Climate Change Preparation Strategy
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Public Comment Draft: Climate Change Preparation Strategy
2014-02-10 22:35:52| PortlandOnline
Released Feb. 10, 2014 by the City of Portland and Multnomah County PDF Document, 2,712kbCategory: Climate Change Preparation Strategy
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World's Leading Authority On Climate Change Confirms That Honeywell's New Automobile Refrigerant Has Lower Global Warming Potential Than Carbon Dioxide
2014-02-10 04:11:15| pollutiononline News Articles
Honeywell(NYSE:HON)announced today that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a scientific body established by the United Nations, has confirmed that Honeywell's new low-global-warming automobile refrigerant, HFO-1234yf, has a global warming potential (GWP) that is less than 1, below that of carbon dioxide
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Climate change: Weather of Olympian extremes
2014-02-09 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In the Climate Games, a number of contenders have already achieved personal bests. California is in the deepest drought for more than a century. The United States began the year with a record fall in the mercury, blizzard conditions in the north-east and a world-class anomaly in the state of Michigan, where, to the joy of headline writers, a small town called Hell froze over. Australia in 2013 had its hottest year ever and its hottest summer and conditions this January were near record levels...
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