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We Must Confront Climate Change to End Poverty
2013-06-22 00:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Over the last 20 years, the World Bank Group has helped countries lift 663 million people out of poverty. In the next 20, we believe it is possible to end extreme poverty. This goal is within our grasp. But poverty reduction and climate change are linked. We have powerful new evidence that even if climate change falls short of the much-discussed 4°C warmer world, we could witness the rolling back of decades of development gains and force tens of millions more to live in poverty. If we don't...
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Protesters confront tight security in Belfast G8 rally
2013-06-15 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: More than 1,000 trade unionists, environmentalists and anti-poverty campaigners confronted heavy security in Belfast on Saturday to voice their anger at G8 leaders who meet in Northern Ireland next week. Stilt-walkers, drummers and protesters in Halloween masks chanted slogans against everything from U.S. foreign policy to local government cutbacks as they snaked their way through the city, flanked by hundreds of armed police. The rally in Belfast was small and peaceful but revealed the concern...
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Student suicides force New York high school to confront ethnic divisions
2013-06-11 16:24:00| American School & University
Three students, all Hispanic, who attended East Hampton High School have taken their own lives in the last 3 years. Schoolhouse Beat read more
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NYC Fliers Confront Delays on FAA Controller Furloughs
2013-04-23 03:58:38| Airlines - Topix.net
Flights to and from New York City- area airports are experiencing delays of almost two hours today because of weather, maintenance and the automatic U.S. budget cuts that furloughed air-traffic controllers.
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Our climate is changing and we must confront that reality
2013-04-21 15:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: With Earth Day upon us, I would just like to note a few of the things we have learned in the past several years the Earth is warming, sea ice is disappearing, the glaciers are receding, the oceans are acidifying, and sea levels are rising. We know all of this from climate science. And all of this will impact every single person on this planet. The work being done at NASA, NOAA and other agencies is providing the crucial data that our nation will need to move forward on this critical issue, yet...
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