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No Lima climate deal better than bad one, say like minded countries
2014-12-12 18:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: An influential coalition of countries participating in the UN climate talks have indicated they would be prepared for an agreement to be postponed until early 2015, according to a leaked document. Negotiations in Lima are aimed at providing a set of guidelines for countries aiming to participate in a global emissions reduction deal, scheduled to be signed in Paris next December. A set of briefing notes sent to RTCC suggests the like minded development group of countries, which includes Venezuela,...
Climate deniers dont deserve to be called skeptics, scientists say
2014-12-11 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Theres a difference between those who are skeptical about climate change and those who outright deny that it is happening, and a group of scientists and science communicators is calling on the media to acknowledge it. Please stop using the word skeptic to describe deniers, 48 fellows of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, a science advocacy group, ask in a statement. Among the prominent people to sign the letter are Bill Nye, Cosmos co-writer and producer Ann Druyan, and Nobel prize-winning...
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Over five trillion pieces plastic floating world's oceans, say scientists
2014-12-11 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: There are an estimated 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic floating in the worlds oceans, weighing a total of nearly 270,000 tons, according to a new study. Plastic has spread throughout all the world's oceans with as much in the southern hemisphere as the northern, the researchers said, adding that this was surprising as more of it originates in the north. In an article for the Plos One journal, they said the figures were highly conservative and did not take into account the potentially...
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Meijer shoplifter charged with armed robbery after threatening worker with knife, police say
2014-12-08 20:48:25| Grocery - Topix.net
A man has been charged with armed robbery after he allegedly threatened a Meijer Inc. worker who caught him shoplifting beer and clothing. The suspect, Gustavo Olivares-Sanchez, is held on $20,000 bond in the Ottawa County Jail but federal authorities have placed a hold on him for allegedly being in the country illegally, sheriff's Capt.
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Trio ties up kids, use stun gun on man during robbery in Elmont, cops say
2014-12-07 02:38:34| Air Courier - Topix.net
Three men with guns robbed an Elmont home Friday night, tying up two children and used a stun gun on a 21-year-old man. Nassau County police said three unknown men entered an Emily Avenue home through a side door around 7:45 p.m. Two of them were wearing what appeared to be United Parcel Service uniforms.
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