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Report: Climate change may pose threat economic growth
2013-10-29 20:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Nearly a third of the world's economic output will come from countries facing "high" to "extreme" risks from the impacts of climate change within 12 years, according to a new report. The Climate Change Vulnerability Index, an annual report produced by UK-based risk analysis firm Maplecroft, found that climate change "may pose a serious obstacle to sustainable economic growth in the world's most commercially important cities." The index ranked the vulnerability of the world's countries, and...
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Thieves pose as truckers to steal huge cargo loads
2013-10-24 20:03:30| Trucking - Topix.net
A customer of Hughson Nut called to complain that the almonds it ordered had never arrived in Arizona.
Swelling lakes pose threat to Tibet rails
2013-10-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: Swelling lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a notable sign of global warming, are threatening the safety of the worlds highest railway, according to climate and ecological experts. One flooded lake is now only 8 kilometers away from a section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the depopulated area of Hol Xil Nature Reserve, according to the latest satellite monitoring by the Qinghai Provincial Academy of Meteorological Sciences. Liu Baokang, engineer with the academys remote-sensing and ecological...
Thieves pose as truckers to steal huge cargo loads
2013-10-21 19:48:48| Trucking - Topix.net
To steal huge shipments of valuable cargo, thieves are turning to a deceptively simple tactic: They pose as truckers, load the freight onto their own tractor-trailers and drive away with it.
Wood fires and diesel cars pose pollution threat: EU watchdog
2013-10-15 09:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Air pollution is dangerously high across many parts of Europe, resulting in premature deaths, ill health and huge economic losses linked to reduced crop yields, Europe's environmental watchdog said on Tuesday. While emissions of some pollutants have declined sharply in Europe in recent decades, more diesel cars and a rise in wood burning by households as a cheap alternative to gas mean other types of harmful pollution are receding more slowly. European regulators are expected to propose a tightening...
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