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Malaysias Indigenous People Intensify Anti-Dam Battle

2013-12-23 19:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: The strongest wave of indigenous protests since the 1990s is underway in Sarawak, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo. On International Human Rights Day, December 10, hundreds of people across the state demonstrated against a series of 12 mega-dams planned by the government company Sarawak Energy. Bakun dam on the Balui River, the world`s second largest dam, is complete and began operating in 2011, while the second in the series, Murum dam, is nearing completion. If all the dams are built,...

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Global Warming Will Intensify Drought, Says New Study

2013-12-23 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: When scientists think about climate change, we often focus on long term trends and multi-year averages of various climate measures such as temperature, ocean heat, sea level, ocean acidity, and ice loss. But, what matters most in our day-to-day lives is extreme weather. If human-caused climate change leads to more extreme weather, it would make taking action more prudent. It is clear that human emissions have led to increased frequencies of heat waves and have changed the patterns of rainfall...

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WACKER and VIA Optronics Intensify Collaboration in Optical Bonding

2013-11-22 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Low-Reflection Liquid Crystal Displays WACKER and VIA optronics Intensify Collaboration in Optical Bonding<br /> <br /> Munich – WACKER, the Munich-based chemical Group, is expanding its sales collaboration with VIA optronics, a company that manufactures and enhances liquid crystal displays (LCDs). The two parties have signed an agreement to this effect. They plan to strengthen their cooperation in optical bonding and, in doing so, bundle sales and marketing activities. They have also ...This story is related to the following:Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD)

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Did Climate Change Intensify Supertyphoon Haiyan?

2013-11-12 00:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Scientific American: At the UN climate talks in Poland, Yeb Sano, the head of the Philippines delegation has announced he will refrain from eating until participants make "meaningful" progress. In his address, Sano linked the terrible devastation in the Philippines after Supertyphoon Haiyan to climate change. "What my country is going through as a result of this extreme climate event is madness, the climate crisis is madness. We can stop this madness right here in Warsaw." The images trickling back from the Philippines...

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