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Burning coal may be killing over 100,000 people in India every year
2013-03-13 20:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: India's dependence on coal-fired power plants for energy may be leading directly to the deaths of 80,000 to 115,000 of its citizens every year, according to the first ever report on the health impacts of coal in the country. The report, commissioned by the Conservation Action Trust and Greenpeace-India, deals only with the direct health impact of coal and not climate change. But even ignoring the rising pain of global warming, the bleak report outlines that coal consumption in India is causing over...
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The price of green energy: Is Germany killing the environment to save it?
2013-03-13 14:37:25| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Spiegel: The Bagpipe, a woody knoll in northern Hesse, can only be recommended to hikers with reservations. This here is lumberjack country. Broad, clear-cut lanes crisscross the area. The tracks of heavy vehicles can be seen in the snow. And there is a vast clearing full of the stumps of recently felled trees. Martin Kaiser, a forest expert with Greenpeace, gets up on a thick stump and points in a circle. "Mighty, old beech trees used to stand all over here," he says. Now the branches of the felled giants...
How to eat bacon without killing yourself
2013-03-08 19:03:36| Food - Topix.net
Twenty grams. That's 0.7 ounces here in the U.S. and, as Gawker points out, translates to a strip of bacon, a small sausage, a thin slice of ham or 20% of a hamburger.
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VIDEO: 'Digital is saving, not killing music'
2013-02-26 18:45:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Edgar Berger, President & CEO, International, Sony Music Entertainment, says contrary to predictions, the digital revolution has saved, not killed off, music.
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Are Soft Drinks Killing Us? MapsofWorld Launches An Illustrated Story Behind The Fizz
2013-02-23 02:15:57| Beverages - Topix.net
Are Soft Drinks Killing Us? MapsofWorld Launches An Illustrated Story Behind The Fizz According to the Euromoniter International reports, the US has been the highest consumer of soda beverages in 2011, purchasing about 170 liters per person.Across the world apart from the steady increase in soda consumption, the health hazards of soft drink ... (more)
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