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Obama targets climate change in wildfire strategy
2014-04-10 00:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Obama administration released a comprehensive strategy document Wednesday aimed at reducing wildfires, which it says are being exacerbated by climate change. The strategy recommends preventive measures like controlled burns, municipal and state zoning to reduce the effects of sprawl and incorporating watersheds into local management plans. Through more strategic coordination with local communities, the National Cohesive Strategy will help us better protect 46 million homes in 70,000 communities...
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Showtime puts a face on climate change with nine-part series
2014-04-09 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Climate change is at the heart of Showtime's nine-part docuseries "Years of Living Dangerously" (10 p.m. Sunday), which features an assortment of celebrities focusing on one particular aspect of climate change. Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is among the executive producers of the series, and he also hosts a segment along with actors Don Cheadle, Jessica Alba, Harrison Ford, Matt Damon, Michael C. Hall and journalist Lesley Stahl. The first episode of the show is available...
Study Claims Climate Change Will Raise Serious Crime Rates
2014-04-09 17:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSN: There will be more violent crimes through the end of the 21st century as a result of climate change, according to a new study. The study, published in the "Journal of Environmental Economics and Management," showed that climate change will cause an additional 22,000 murders, 180,000 cases of rape, 1.2 million aggravated assaults, 2.3 million simple assaults, 260,000 robberies, 1.3 million burglaries, 2.2 million cases of larceny and 580,000 cases of vehicle theft in the United States between 2010...
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Battle Plan for Climate Change: How to Cut Greenhouse Gases
2014-04-09 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Trust in technology: That seems to be the underlying message of a coming report from the world's top panel on climate change. elated: "Can Coal Ever Be Clean?") Scheduled for release on Sunday in Berlin, Germany, the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report will point to many possible ways-from burying greenhouse gases to going nuclear to encouraging biofuel production-to save humanity from the ravages of climate change. "We are at a critical juncture," IPCC chair Rajendra...
IPCC report: Climate change threatens Chile
2014-04-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Santiago Times: Environmental experts, international report says small-scale farmers biggest losers in increasingly arid future which places biodiversity at risk. Both Chiles smallholder farmers and endemic species face major challenges over coming decades due to changing global weather patterns, which are likely to place increasing pressure on the countrys already stressed fresh water resources. These are the key takeaways from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report...
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