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Canary coal mine: Extreme weather, rising seas plague atoll nation
2014-09-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: As global leaders gear up to meet at next weeks United Nations Climate Summit in New York, the president of a small Pacific island nation vulnerable to rising seas caused by global warming said the future of his people depends on creating a carbon-free world by 2050. Out here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, climate change has arrived, Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak said in a video address to his fellow heads of state. Our atoll nation stands at the front line in the battle...
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Greenbrier's New Orders Suggest Rising Demand
2014-09-18 13:31:09| Railroads - Topix.net
CEO William Furman suggests that this trend underscores a strengthening U.S. economy. The transportation equipment supplier, which had $1.76 billion in fiscal 2013 revenue, said that 15,000 railcar units - including tank cars, small cube-covered hopper cars for sand and cement service and double-stack intermodal units - were ordered in its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Aug. 31, and through the first two and a half weeks of September.
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Big companies join attack on rising greenhouse gas emissions
2014-09-17 21:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tech Times: They may be keeping your fridge cold, but HFC-based coolants are keeping the globe very hot, and President Obama is going to do something about it. President Obama's team is planning to phase out chemicals commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners, and replace them with more environmentally-friendly chemicals. The administration announced yesterday, on September 16, that some of the country's biggest chemical manufacturers have voluntarily committed to phasing out use of the harmful chemicals...
Dutch unveil big plan to fight rising tides
2014-09-17 02:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The Netherlands on Tuesday unveiled a multi-billion-euro, multi-decade plan to counter the biggest environmental threat to the low-lying European nation: surging seawater caused by global climate change. The project, expected to span 30 years and cost 20 billion euros ($25 billion), will see new sea barriers built and existing dykes strengthened in the country, much of which lies below sea-level. Environmental Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen, presenting the plan to parliament, called it...
Rising sea levels 'sleeping giant' that could cost $226bn, report says
2014-09-16 23:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Rising sea levels are a sleeping giant issue that will put at risk coastal infrastructure worth up to $226bn, a new report has found. Analysis by the Climate Council found Australia was likely to experience a sea level rise of 0.4m to 1m by the end of the century, with a high end scenario of 1.1m possible if the world warmed by about 4C compared with pre-industrial temperatures. In this worst-case scenario, $226bn in property, including houses, schools, hospitals and ports, would be exposed...
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