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Australia: Climate change means tough time for Northern Rivers farmers
2013-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Northern Star: FARMERS across the Northern Rivers are facing a future of higher temperatures, more pests and less ground water, warns a report released this week by the Australian Climate Commission. And these are only some of the risks facing the agricultural sector detailed in the report Critical Decade 2013. Some main points from the report The nation's highly respected Climate Commissioner Professor Will Steffen described the risks to the farming sector as "substantial". "Farmers are on the frontline of...
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Loans For Manufactured Homes Can Be Tough To Get
2013-06-21 03:31:28| The Manufactured Housing Global Network
If you have tried to finance a manufactured home lately you may have noticed it was difficult to find a lender to help.
As Obama moves forward on climate, he faces a tough political task
2013-06-15 14:33:33| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The Department of Health released application forms Wednesday for residents wishing to apply. But during the second event, according to several people familiar with his private remarks at the home of clean-tech entrepreneur Vinod Khosla, Obama expressed concerns about the political pain involved, saying that "dial testing' of his State of the Union speech showed that the favorability ratings "plummeted' when he vowed to act on climate change if Congress refused to do so. The two comments highlight...
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China gets tough on carbon
2013-06-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: China, responsible for about one-quarter of the worlds carbon dioxide emissions, has ambitious goals to reduce them -- but has been unwilling to set absolute targets for fear of slowing economic growth. There are now signs that its position is changing. On 18 June, the country will launch an emissions-trading scheme in the southern city of Shenzhen, marking its first attempt to cut emissions using market mechanisms. Under the scheme, more than 630 industrial and construction companies will be...
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VIDEO: Finding work in tough economic times
2013-06-12 11:27:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
In May, official data showed that unemployment across the UK had started to rise, with the notable exception of Scotland where the number of people out of work fell.
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