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'It's a disaster': children bear brunt of southern Africa's devastating drought

2016-04-21 11:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Chidyamakondo high school, near Masvingo in southern Zimbabwe, has won the national girls football championships three years in a row. But that cherished record and far, far more is now at risk. Students are fainting, struggling to concentrate in lessons, dropping out of school were having to shorten our assemblies and cut back on sport, says headteacher Morrison Musorowegomo. Some of our players would rather leave the school and get married, or they will simply stay in the villages...

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Chernobyl disaster 30 years on: what do you remember?

2016-04-20 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: On 26 April 1986 one of the four reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. It was the biggest accident of its kind in history a human and environmental disaster that triggered a political storm that has lasted for decades. Acute radiation sickness killed 31 people in the first three months, but the leak was blamed for thousands of cancer cases that developed across swathes of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, with figures on predicted deaths ranging from 4,000 to half a million. Tens...

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Animals Rule Chernobyl 30 Years After Nuclear Disaster

2016-04-18 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: Animals Rule Chernobyl 30 Years After Nuclear Disaster Three decades later, it's not certain how radiation is affecting wildlife-but it's clear that animals abound. The Przewalski's horse nearly went extinct, but in an effort to save the species it was introduced into the area around Chernobyl in 1998 and to other reserves worldwide. Without humans living in the area, the horse population has been increasing. Marina Shkvyria watches for animal tracks as she walks toward an abandoned village...

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Despite the Porter Ranch disaster, the top executive over SoCal Gas is getting an enormous bonus

2016-04-03 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: Given that the Porter Ranch gas leak ranks as the worst such leak in U.S. history, with the potential to measurably damage the climate, and forcing thousands of families out of their homes, you'll be glad to know that Debra L. Reed, chairman and CEO of the gas company's parent firm, Sempra Energy, has been docked part of her pay because of the episode. But you may be appalled to hear that her penalty comes to all of $130,000, and that she's still getting a $3.17-million bonus. That's the largest...

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