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Dixon, Feinberg to Head New RAND Catastrophe Research Center
2013-07-02 14:02:11| Footwear - Topix.net
The RAND Corp. is launching a new research center that will analyze different approaches to compensating individuals, businesses and others following catastrophes ranging from natural disasters to terrorist attacks.
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A Sewer Catastrophe Companion: Dry Toilets for Wet Disasters
2013-05-15 02:47:25| PortlandOnline
Emergency sanitation guide edited by Molly Danielsson and Mathew Lippencott. PDF Document, 7,663kbCategory: Emergency Sanitation
Slaughter: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria In Food Nearing a Public Health Catastrophe
2013-02-06 18:37:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Office of Rep. Louise Slaughter Today, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) reacted to a new report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that reveals an increased threat of antibiotic-resistant disease. The newly-released 10th National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) Retail Meat Report for 2011 discovered alarming increases in antibiotic-resistant bacteria found on retail meats such as ground turkey and chicken – the same type of meat that is found in the refrigerators of American families. read more
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Climate change means catastrophe in UK, not café culture says professor
2013-02-06 13:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Professor Kevin Anderson, Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, said Government and local authorities are failing to grasp the risks to Britain for global warming. He accused people of focusing on the chance of warmer evenings, rather than realising heatwaves will cause deaths. "We may like to think of it as a nice café culture, sitting outside sipping lattes -- but we will be struggling to sleep because our buildings won't cool down at night. "That's when you see the...
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Haiti launches micro-finance catastrophe insurance program
2013-01-30 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: When Hurricane Sandy struck Haiti late last year, the home Guerda Pierre shares with her three children and mother in Cabaret, north of Port-au-Prince, was flooded -- and so was the merchandise she sold to make a living. "The books, the food, everything was wet after Sandy," said Pierre. The plantain plants and beans in her garden were also destroyed. But unlike the majority of Haitians, Pierre had an insurance policy. As a borrowing client at Fonkoze, a Haitian microcredit organization,...
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