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Canada: WWF puts B.C. cities on short list for efforts in fighting climate change
2013-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Vancouver, Stockholm and Chicago are on the short list for the World Wildlife Fund's choice of the city doing the most in the world to combat climate change, but the ultimate winner could be Colwood, population 16,000. The small Vancouver Island community was named Thursday as one of the finalists for the World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour City Challenge for their actions to combat climate change. Colwood joins Vancouver, Surrey and 14 other cities from around the world in the final round of the...
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Banks fighting cyber attacks unlikely to get government relief soon
2013-01-17 14:39:09| InfoWorld: Top News
Banks seeking help from the U.S. government in battling a campaign of cyber attacks that defense officials say is being led by the Iranian government are unlikely to get much relief without a diplomatic solution, security experts say.
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Ecuadorian tribe will 'die fighting' to defend rainforest
2013-01-13 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In what looks set to be one of the most one-sided struggles in the history of Amazon forest conservation, an indigenous community of about 400 villagers is preparing to resist the Ecuadorean army and one of the biggest oil companies in South America. The Kichwa tribe on Sani Isla, who were using blowpipes two generations ago, said they are ready to fight to the death to protect their territory, which covers 70,000 hectares of pristine rainforest. Petroamazonas the state-backed oil company...
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Report: Virginia must lead in fighting sea-level rise
2013-01-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Virginian-Pilot: Virginia needs to get serious about rising sea levels and frequent flooding and take the lead in combatting the problems that threaten the allure of living and doing business on the coast, according to a report distributed this week to state lawmakers. The report is hardly the first time that scientists have laid out the enormous stakes of sea level rise - especially in low-lying regions such as Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore, which flood almost every time it rains. But the 135-page document...
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