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'Ice loss, weather extremes show climate risk'
2013-02-19 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The record shrinkage of Arctic sea ice last year and a spell of catastrophic droughts, floods and storms highlight the risk of climate change, the UN Environment Programme said yesterday. In an annual review of the world's environment, that coincided with ministerial-level talks in Nairobi, the UN group also warned of an alarming surge in elephant and rhino poaching. In 2012, summer sea ice in the Arctic covered a record low of 3.4million square kilometres, which was 18% below the previous...
Report Sees Risk of Serious Satellite Data Gaps
2013-02-18 14:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A new report from the Government Accountability Office elevates the problem of looming gaps in satellite weather data to a "high risk" concern for the federal government The G.A.O.`s high-risk report, updated every two years to coincide with each new Congress, focuses on federal programs that provide essential public services, often at great cost, but operate with a pronounced ineffectiveness or inefficiency. Areas like Medicare, military contracting and tax law enforcement have resided on...
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Weather forecasts at risk over budget cuts
2013-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Automatic budget cuts set to take effect March 1 could add to the woes of the federal government's troubled weather satellite programs, jeopardizing future forecasts, a top official said Friday. "It's not going to be pretty,' outgoing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Jane Lubchenco said of the package of across-the-board spending cuts known as "sequestration.' "The sequester has the potential to wreak havoc with so many different things, and satellites loom large within...
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Climate Change Added to US Government High Risk List
2013-02-16 14:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: For the first time, a U.S. government auditor has added climate change to a list of issues that pose the greatest financial risk to the government and country. It is also warning that Washington is markedly unprepared to deal with the scope of the problem. On Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) proposed sweeping new climate-related legislation, which would aim to reduce the United States greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050. The admonitions, coming amidst a newly strengthened public...
GAO to Congress: Climate Change a Top Risk
2013-02-16 14:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Collective: As part of its responsibilities to support more informed Congressional decision making and inform members of Congress about key issues, since 1990 the Government Accounting Office (GAO) has provided a list of key high-risk areas. identified as high risk due to their greater vulnerability to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement or the need for transformation to address economy, efficiency, or effectiveness challenges. Earlier today, the GAOs report to the House of Representatives was the...
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