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10.19.2011
Wallets will soon feel effect of climate change www.vancouversun.com
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Wallets+will+soon+feel+effect+climate+change/5572296/story.html
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Higher costs for city water, rising home-insurance rates as sea levels rise, and programs to encourage people to leave their fossil-fuel-burning cars at home were cited Tuesday as ways that climate change is, or soon will be, hitting home for B.C. residents.
The U.S. Could Get 120+% of Power From Solar Transmission Line and Highway land thinkprogress.org
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/10/18/346974/solar-transmission-lines/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29
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by John Farrell What if the U.S. could get 20 percent of its power from solar near transmission lines without covering virgin desert? It could. Transmission right-of-way corridors, vast swaths of vegetation-free landscape to protect high-voltage power lines, could provide enough space for over 600,0...
Major investors seek new carbon emissions treaty www.google.com
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1mQb4r-v6t3epq3-JphpBB0hfwA?docId=6f13aa5704514dbfb4928ef5401c0707
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By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press – 4 hours ago if (gbar.lPWF) { gbar.lPWF(function() { gapi.plusone.render('plusone-div', { "size" : "small", "count" : "true", ...
Irish firms start to see fiscal benefits of carbon reporting
Irish business leaders are starting to put sustainability and carbon reporting at the core of their business-planning strategies, recognising both the challenges and the opportunities arising from climate change and emissions reduction strategies. That’s according to the latest Carbon Disclosure Pro...
10.18.2011
Evidence Builds That Scientists Underplay Climate Impacts thinkprogress.org
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/10/18/346333/evidence-builds-that-scientists-underplay-climate-impacts/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29
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Far from being “alarmist,” predictions from climate scientists in many cases are proving to be more conservative than observed climate-induced impacts. The observed rate of Arctic ice loss exceeds the projections of all IPCC climate models — by NSIDC scientist Julienne Stroeve updated through 2011 (...
Five Ways Your Bible Translation Distorts the Original Meaning of the Text www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-joel-hoffman/five-ways-your-bible-tran_b_1007058.html
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Unfortunately, etymology, internal structure, and cognates are the three pillars of Bible translation. And with them, the power of history and a focus on the wrong parts of metaphor degrade all English Bibles even more.
Group says Tibetan set herself on fire in protest www.google.com
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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press – 49 minutes ago if (gbar.lPWF) { gbar.lPWF(function() { gapi.plusone.render('plusone-div', { "size" : "small", "count" : "...
10.17.2011
Norman Morrison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Morrison
Climate 'grave' security threat www.bbc.co.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15342682
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Climate change poses "an immediate, growing and grave threat" to health and security around the world, according to an expert conference in London.
US military says clean energy, dealing with climate change is a matter of national security redgreenandblue.org
http://redgreenandblue.org/2011/10/17/us-military-says-clean-energy-dealing-with-climate-change-is-a-matter-of-national-security/
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By Peter Lehner, Executive Director, NRDC/New York City When you’ve seen your soldiers die protecting a fuel convoy, you know that the need for clean energy and efficiency is real, urgent, and transcends political squabbling. Last week four high-ranking officials from the Army, Navy, Air Force...
Media Ignore Study On Real Price Of Coal-Fired Power | Media Matters for America www.mediamatters.org
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201110120006
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A study published in the prestigious journal American Economic Review estimates that the costs imposed on society by air pollution from coal-fired power plants are greater than the value added to the economy by the industry. The study concluded that coal may be "underregulated" since the price we pa...
Another Tibetan Sets Fire to Self Over China Rule www.post-gazette.com
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11290/1182802-82.stm
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Coverage of world news from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
10.16.2011
Alaska woman joins protests with Occupy the Tundra banner www.reuters.com
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - When Diane McEachern ventured out onto the foggy western Alaska tundra a week ago to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, she had no idea her tiny demonstration
DON'T MISS: Herman Cain’s deep ties to FASCIST Koch brothers key to campaign www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/long-ties-to-koch-brothers-key-to-cains-campaign/2011/10/16/gIQAKTLPoL_story.html
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Cain’s economic ideas, support and organization have close ties to two billionaire brothers who bankroll right-leaning causes through their group Americans for Prosperity.
Sean Penn: Tea party wants to ‘lynch’ Obama - CLICK www.politico.com
http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/1011/Sean_Penn_Tea_party_wants_to_lynch_Obama.html
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(Photo Credit: AP) Sean Penn – actor, activist and outspoken liberal – unloaded on the tea party during an appearance on CNN’s “Piers Morgan” on Friday. Looking particularly scruffy, Penn echoed comments made by his Hollywood colleague Morgan Freeman last month, explaining why he thinks the tea pa...
Obama GOP appointee says GOP lawmakers are do-nothings - CBS News www.cbsnews.com
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/14/ap/cabstatepent/main20120536.shtml
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Obama appointee says GOP lawmakers are do-nothings
10.15.2011
Fighting world hunger with hunger [strike] at home - Roanoke.com www.roanoke.com
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/299738
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A Roanoke County accountant is calling attention to the issue by not eating.
10.14.2011
Parliamentarian’s hunger strike highlights Afghan political crisis www.globalpost.com
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/afghanistan/111013/parliamentarian%E2%80%99s-hunger-strike-highlights-afg
www.globalpost.com
A woman’s life hangs in the balance as the Afghan government continues to engage in political brinksmanship.
Starbucks concerned world coffee supply is threatened by climate change www.guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/oct/13/starbucks-coffee-climate-change-threat?newsfeed=true
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Starbucks sustainability chief Jim Hanna says the coffee giant has been pushing the Obama administration to little result
10.13.2011
N.H. Retail Politics Seen as Boon to Climate Change Issue www.nytimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/10/11/11greenwire-nh-retail-politics-seen-as-boon-to-climate-cha-15441.html
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New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary may be as little as two months away, and it is clear that the contes...
Perry Officials Censored Climate Change Report, Mother Jones Says www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/12/perry-officials-climate-change-report_n_1007339.html
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Rick Perry takes Texas pride in being a climate change denier--and his administration acts accordingly.
Engineering the climate is last and scariest option, says US scientist www.guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/12/engineering-planets-climate-scientist?newsfeed=true
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Yale Environment 360: The lack of international action on cutting emissions highlights need to research geoengineering further, says Jane C S Long
Global CO2 emissions at record high; extreme steps needed says new research uk.ibtimes.com
http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/20111013/global-co2-emissions-record-high-extreme-steps-needed-says-research.htm
10.12.2011
Canadian firms warming to climate-change measures www.theglobeandmail.com
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canadian-firms-warming-to-climate-change-measures/article2197896/
www.theglobeandmail.com
Large Canadian companies see business opportunities in becoming greener, survey by Carbon Disclosure Project finds
EU Considered 30 Euro Floor for CO2 Starting in 2013, Lobby Says - Businessweek www.businessweek.com
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-11/eu-considered-30-euro-floor-for-co2-starting-in-2013-lobby-says.html
www.businessweek.com
The European Commission considered installing a floor price in its carbon market for the third phase from 2013 to 2020 to spur clean investment, said the Carbon Markets & Investors Association.
10.11.2011
Growing Himalayan lake a sign of climate change disaster to come www.smh.com.au
http://www.smh.com.au/world/growing-himalayan-lake-a-sign-of-climate-change-disaster-to-come-20111011-1lj1j.html
www.smh.com.au
Growing Himalayan lake a sign of climate change disaster to come
Palestine ready to negotiate with Israel: Abbas news.xinhuanet.com
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-10/11/c_131184358.htm
news.xinhuanet.com
BOGOTA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that he was ready to start negotiations with Israel to reach peace in the Middle East.
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