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Disbanded climate change department defends cutting staff at the same time it was hiring
2013-07-18 14:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News.com.au: LABOR'S former climate change department didn't know whether it was hiring or firing before the agency itself was sacked. The abandoned stand-alone climate change bureaucracy spent $2.2 million sacking 49 public servants in the months before it was swallowed by another government department in March. But figures show the agency also hired 62 people in the same period before the merger, with the new salaries estimated to cost up to $5 million annually - based on average public sector wages....
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Addressing Climate Change Grows Our Economy, Creates Jobs
2013-07-17 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The economic costs of climate change are now clear. From weather-related disasters like Superstorm Sandy to droughts that have wiped out family farms and fueled devastating fires, the United States suffered 11 climate-related disasters last year alone that cost $1 billion -- each. But the economic benefits of addressing climate change by investing in clean energy and energy efficiency are now clear too. Over the last four years, we've doubled the electricity we get from wind and solar. We've...
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Reid blames climate change: 'West is burning'
2013-07-17 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Las Vegas Review-Journal: As firefighters head home from Southern Nevada, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Wednesday blamed climate change for the intense blaze that consumed nearly 28,000 acres and drove hundreds of residents from their homes around Mount Charleston this month. Reid said the government should be spending a lot more on fire prevention, echoing elected officials who say the Forest Service should move more aggressively to remove brush and undergrowth that turn small fires into huge ones. The West is burning,...
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The Costs of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Are Passing the High-Water Mark
2013-07-17 04:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Hurricane Sandy cost the U.S. some $70 billion in direct damages and lost economic output. This is, obviously, a lot of money -- Sandy was the second most expensive hurricane in U.S. history after a small tropical storm called Katrina. Much of that cost was borne by the government -- local, state and federal -- and some of it was absorbed by those of us who lived in the storm`s path. But about $20 billion to $25 billion of the damage from the storm was eventually covered by the insurance industry....
Trade-offs between food security and climate change mitigation explored
2013-07-16 23:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Improving crop yields using sustainable methods could cut greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 12% per calorie produced according to a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. At the same time, these changes could provide more food to people in need. Agriculture and land use change contributed about 1/3 of total human greenhouse gas emissions in the past decade, through crop cultivation, animal production, and deforestation. By producing more food on less land, it may...
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