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The power of religion and prayer to head off climate disaster
2014-09-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Before the cacophony of noise around next weeks climate talks in New York becomes deafening, it is worth taking a moment to remember the fundamental reasons behind the wish to prevent global warming. Who better to help us than 82 year-old Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a key figure in the fight against apartheid, who has written a prayer ahead of the Peoples Climate March and UN secretary general Ban Ki Moons climate leaders summit. Tutu, archbishop emeritus of Cape Town and a Nobel peace laureate...
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Ehrlich: Ebola, population and evolution whip up a wicked recipe for disaster
2014-09-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Climate: We have a problem with "emergent" diseases, ones that are becoming potentially serious to a larger and more vulnerable human population. Ebola and Marburg viruses, because of their high death rates, could become this generation's version of the flu pandemic that swept the globe at the end of World War I. If it does, we have only to blame ourselves: Our degraded environment, our unchecked population growth, our nonchalance at global poverty, hunger and disease and our jet-setting ways. The filoviruses...
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USDA Encourages Producers to Enroll in Disaster Assistance Programs this Month to Avoid Payment Cuts
2014-09-08 22:32:00| National Hog Farmer
P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is encouraging livestock producers who have suffered eligible disaster-related losses to sign-up by Sept. 30, or face a cut in disaster payments. Congressionally mandated payment reductions will take place for producers who have not acted before the end of the month. read more
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VIDEO: Malaysia tourism hit by air disaster
2014-09-08 08:56:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 six months ago has had a negative impact on the country's once-thriving tourism industry.
Science is driving new plans for disaster risk reduction
2014-09-05 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Science is a driving force behind international disaster risk reduction (DRR) and is prominent in a preliminary blueprint for a future framework, says a member of the team leading the process. The ten-year global plan that sets out how various sectors can work to reduce losses from disasters, known as the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), ends in 2015. During more than 100 consultations held since 2012 to draft a replacement plan, science has consistently been highlighted as important for good...
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