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Healthcare savings trump the cost of halting climate change so why the delay?
2014-08-28 01:00:00| Power Technology
A detailed study by MIT has found the health cost savings of some climate change mitigation policies, such as cap-and-trade, greatly out-weigh the cost of the policys implementation. Will this new research influence leaders at this months UN Climat
How climate change could ruin your Hawaii vacation
2014-08-28 00:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: A University of Hawaii report is warning the state's tourism industry to start preparing now for the effects of climate change. The study says Hawaii will likely see more competition for visitors as warmer climate zones expand and new, easier-to-reach tropical resorts emerge in coastal regions from Texas to Florida, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1sDkT0c ). Hawaii will be a hotter place, with fewer cooling trade winds and more drought, fewer waterfalls and forest...
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Climate change could trigger deadly disease epidemics, researchers say
2014-08-27 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Recorder: Deadly tropical diseases, like dengue fever, are likely to spread as a result of global warming, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia in the UK. One little-discussed question regarding the possible effects of climate change is how viruses and other infectious microbes will react to warmer, more humid temperatures around the globe. Now, however, a newly published article in the journal BMC Public Health takes a serious look at the major climatic influences on the ecology of...
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A climate for change: The EPA's limits on emissions are important but not enough
2014-08-27 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: THE COUNTRY is about to see its fiercest climate-change battle. After years of congressional inaction, President Obamas Environmental Protection Agency is applying new rules to curb greenhouse-gas emissions from cars, trucks and most controversially power plants, the biggest national emitters. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said he will try to restrict the EPA if Republicans take over the Senate. Mr. Obamas executive actions will be an issue in the 2016 presidential campaign....
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WHO Warns of Climate Change Dangers, Calls for Stronger Actions
2014-08-27 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ria Novosti: The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning governments and the public of the negative effects that global warming is already having on peoples health, calling for urgent action, according to a press release published Wednesday. The evidence is overwhelming: climate change endangers human health, WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan said at a global conference on health and climate change, which opened in Geneva on Wednesday. Dr. Chan suggested that countries need to act decisively...
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