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Many thriving species at risk from climate change-study
Reuters* Many birds, amphibians, corals at risk from warming * Species should be included in conservation plans - study By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, June 12 (Reuters) - Many species of birds, amphibians and corals not currently under...Tags: Science and Technology, Ecosystems, Conservation, Weather, Environmental Issues
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Big Apple may get baked as sizzling southern summers move north
ReutersNEW YORK, June 10 (Reuters) - Over the next 40 years, the number of sweltering summer days in New York City could double or even triple, making it as hot in 2050 as Birmingham, Alabama, is now. The sea level surrounding New York is also likely to rise by...Tags: Barack Obama, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Ecosystems, New York City, Conservation
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Is it time to quit being nice about what 'NewsHour' has become?
The Baltimore Sun(Updates at end with response from NewsHour) With the word Tuesday that "NewsHour" was shutting down offices and laying off employees, it's time to ask the question: Just how much of the this one-time PBS bedrock is actually left? In fact, let's go a...Tags: PBS (tv network), 401K, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Google Inc.
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Sci-Fi, Cli-Fi, We All Cry: the End Is Nigh
ReutersJun 12 (TheWrap.com) - Last month I noted here at TheWrap how two stories at NPR and the Christian Science Monitor catapulted the emerging literary and movie marketing term "cli-fi" (a term I coined in this very blog as short for climate-change fiction)...Tags: Literature, Authors, JG Ballard, Arts and Culture, United Kingdom
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Elite flyers pressure United Airlines to act on climate change
ReutersBy Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - A group of United Airlines' most frequent flyers, including billionaire investor Tom Steyer, on Monday called on the big airline to stop blocking climate change actions. United Airlines Inc has...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, United Air Lines, Ecosystems, Conservation, Weather
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Ganges, Nile and Amazon seen suffering more floods from warming
Reuters* Southeast Asia, central Africa, parts of Latin America to get more floods * Danube, now suffering, may flood less - Japanese-led study * Mississippi among few rivers that may have fewer floods By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, June...Tags: Japan, Asia, Natural Disasters, Rivers, Germany
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COLUMN-Shale wells and methane emissions: Kemp
Reuters(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Shale gas supporters say it can cut greenhouse emissions by replacing dirtier fuels such as coal, but critics warn it is worsening...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science, Emergency Incidents, Energy Resources, Environmental Politics
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As New York braces for climate change, L.A. does ... lunch
Memo to Eric Garcetti: Want to be a good mayor of Los Angeles? Look East, young man, to New York’s can-do mayor, Michael Bloomberg. You know him: the Biggest Apple in the Big Apple. In his time in office, he’s taken on the small (big)...
Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, John F. Kennedy, Highway Transportation, Politics
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Science standards to teach evolution, climate change
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe Kansas state school board has approved new science standards for public schools that treat both evolution and climate change as key concepts to be taught from kindergarten through the 12th grade. The board voted 8-2 on Tuesday for standards...Tags: Science and Technology, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Ecosystems, Conservation, Weather
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A smarter way to deal with China
China will almost certainly pass the United States in the total size of its economy within a decade or so. But if one looks also at military and "soft power" resources, the U.S. is likely to remain more powerful than China for at least the next few...
Tags: Barack Obama, Xi Jinping, Epidemics and Plagues, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Chess Playing
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US-China climate deal called "breakthrough" but no long-term cuts yet
ReutersBy Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - China and the United States took a major step in the fight against climate change over the weekend, but what was termed a "breakthrough" might not do much in the longer term to lock in legally...Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Xi Jinping, Philosophy, Treaties
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Levees, removable walls in plan to protect NYC
NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing removable flood walls for much of lower Manhattan, a permanent 15-to-20-foot levee in part of Staten Island and a system of gates and levees at a Brooklyn creek as part of a nearly $20 billion...
Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Manhattan (New York City), Global Warming, Battery Park, Staten Island (New York City)
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