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French property scheme 'a slow-burning catastrophe'
2017-09-27 05:22:39| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
British people stuck in costly contracts should be helped by the French government, a Conservative MEP says.
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A vote for Trump is a vote for climate catastrophe
2016-09-20 15:05:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: July and August were the hottest months for the planet since record keeping began. Scientists are confident that 2016 will be the hottest year. Rising sea levels have made flooding commonplace in several major U.S. cities. And meanwhile, one of our leading presidential candidates says climate change is some kind of Chinese hoax. Elections have consequences, and this is one of the most fateful: Anyone who takes climate change seriously had better do everything possible to keep Donald Trump out...
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Why a Donald Trump Victory Could Make Climate Catastrophe Inevitable
2016-09-17 05:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: In a year of record-setting heat on a blistered globe, with fast-warming oceans, fast-melting ice caps, and fast-rising sea levels, ratification of the December 2015 Paris climate summit agreement--already endorsed by most nations--should be a complete no-brainer. That it isn't tells you a great deal about our world. Global geopolitics and the possible rightward lurch of many countries (including a potential deal-breaking election in the United States that could put a climate denier in the White...
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President Trump would be a climate catastrophe
2016-07-11 23:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: To prevent climate change that floods large portions of coastal cities, dooms small island nations and turns whole regions into deserts, we need to accelerate the transformation of the worlds energy economy away from fossil fuels. Those who have crunched the numbers say this can still be achieved, but just barely. Hitting the brakes would send us over the cliff. Over we go if Donald Trump wins the election and carries through on his campaign promises. The effects on the global climate will persist...
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In weak nations, environmental stress can tip society into catastrophe
2016-06-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Venezuela was unraveling even before Hugo Chávez died in 2013. The situation has only gotten worse since. Despite having the worlds largest oil reserves, inflation has soared to 500 percent, the murder rate is the highest in the world, and chronic shortages of food, water, and medicine make daily life a struggle. A man was recently burned alive outside a supermarket in Caracas for stealing the equivalent of $5. The country has been on a downward spiral for so many years, says Cynthia Arnson, director...
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