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Obama: Climate change poses immediate risk to national security
2015-05-20 20:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: President Barack Obama had a strong message for graduates of the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut on Wednesday, and all the rest of us too: Global warming is a major security threat. During a commencement address at the academy, he linked changes in the climate to volatility and violence in the Middle East, and warned that global warming to undermine military readiness. He said military forces must adapt and prepare for the kinds of changes we`re already starting to see, but "such preparation...
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Wind Turbines: Hearing of UK Harbor Seals May be At Risk
2015-05-20 19:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Scientists are still working to figure out how various noise pollution affects marine animals, and now new research suggests that the building of wind turbines may be putting the hearing of UK harbor seals at risk. There are currently 1,184 offshore wind turbines located along the coast of the United Kingdom, collectively generating around 4GW of power. And last year, construction began on hundreds more turbines, the impact of which on sea mammals is still widely unknown. To figure out if nearby...
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'It's a tinderbomb' - Pacific Northwest faces major wildfire risk due to low snowpack
2015-05-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Snow-free mountains and a recent drought declaration mean that Washington state is facing an extraordinarily risky wildfire season, according to one of the state's top forest officials. "Over the years, people have become fond of referring to Western forests as tinderboxes," State Forester Aaron Everett of the Washington Department of Natural Resources said yesterday. "Our forest is not a tinderbox, it's a 'tinderbomb.' It's sprinkled with gasoline and ringed with dynamite." Washington Gov....
Weak EU air pollution standards risk thousands of lives, says report
2015-05-20 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Weak draft EU rules for coal plant emissions could result in 71,000 deaths and EUR52bn (37bn) of health costs across Europe in the decade to come, according to new research published on Wednesday. A Greenpeace investigation earlier this year found that the coal standards would be more lax than those in China, and the Guardian was able to corroborate claims by the green group that industry had helped to write the pollution rules. The new study commissioned by Greenpeace and the European Environment...
Viewpoint: Create a Team Offense to Manage Project Risk
2015-05-19 15:32:45| ENR.com: Headline News
Open communication, not emailing and legal case building, can prevent project distrust and deceleration.
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