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Southwest braces for more extreme heat on 1st day of summer
2016-06-20 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: As the mercury soared, records were falling. A severe heatwave ushered in the first day of summer Monday in the broiling Southwest, where extreme temperatures were blamed for at least five deaths over the weekend. Towns along the Arizona-California border were getting the brunt of the extreme temperatures on Monday. In Palm Springs, the thermometer hit 121 degrees in the early afternoon. The temperature in Phoenix broke a record and hit 116 degrees. A cool off was expected in the coming...
Nearly 50 die in Indonesia landslides, authorities warn of more rain
2016-06-20 10:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Indonesian authorities raced on Monday to rescue victims of landslides and flash floods caused by torrential rain at the weekend that killed nearly 50 people and left many missing in the main island of Java. Search and rescue teams used earth movers and bulldozers to clear debris in several locations in Central Java province after heavy rainfall damaged thousands of homes and forced residents to evacuate. "Around 200 people...in joint teams from the military, police, NGOs, and volunteers are...
Rosneft and Fincantieri to form joint venture to build new types of vessel
2016-06-20 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Russia-based petroleum company Rosneft has entered into a heads of agreement to create a joint venture with Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri, in order to design and build a new type of vessel.
An Indigenous Environmental Activist Is Building a Solar Network in the Heart of Canadas Tar Sands
2016-06-19 18:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vice: Last summer, in a remote Alberta First Nation surrounded by pipelines and increasingly plagued with oil spills and forest fires, workers wearing reflective vests attached 80 giant solar panels to 20-foot poles. Overseeing the operation and coordinating its documentation with a film crew was Greenpeace campaigner Melina Laboucan-Massimo. "It's a big system," the 34-year-old Cree Lubicon woman told VICE from the job site last August. "It will probably be one of the biggest solar installations in...
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My Shop: TokyoToys in Glasgow draws a range of customers
2016-06-19 02:05:27| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The My Shop series visits TokyoToys in Glasgow, which specialises in Japanese manga comic merchandise and draws a diverse range of customers.
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