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Catastrophic Devastation or Manageable Recovery

...Phil McCarten/L.A. Daily News) A Question of Leadership Planners and civic leaders in both cities demonstrated great leadership, foresight and courage, said Reis. “People do remember those city planners in...
Posted On 09 Aug 2018
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Canada to reduce emissions from oil and gas industry

...to reduce methane emissions by 40-45 percent by 2025. “These regulations will help producers save over $1.5 billion worth of natural gas between 2018 and 2035,” said the Minister....
Posted On 25 May 2017
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When the rubber hits the road

...construction industry’s emissions, since cement is a major source of greenhouse gases,” said Banthia, who also is scientific director of UBC-hosted Canada-India Research Center of Excellence (IC-IMPACTS), a centre that...
Posted On 14 Jun 2017

Sweden blazes trail to electric cars

...announcement marks the end of the solely combustion engine-powered car”, said Hakan Samuelsson, Volvo’s chief executive. “People increasingly demand electrified cars.” Volvo...
Posted On 17 Jul 2017
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Asian temperatures could rise disastrously

...By 2030, they could be sheltering 483bn, a 40% growth in 15 years. By 2030, there could be another eight megacities, four in India. But as wealth has increased, so...
Posted On 21 Jul 2017
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World food trade runs chokepoint gauntlet

...of price rises, food shortages, and, as it puts it, “consequences that could reach beyond food markets”. Security-critical The report, Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade, identifies fourteen...
Posted On 27 Jun 2017
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Ocean oxygen depletion could happen again

...last fifty years,” Dr Nielsen said. “We don’t know if the ocean is headed toward another global anoxic event, but the trend is, of course, worrying.” – Climate News...
Posted On 11 Aug 2017
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To avoid climate catastrophe, we’ll need to remove CO2 from the air. Here’s how.

...With mangroves sequestering roughly 1,400 metric tons (1,500 tons) per hectare (2. 5 acres); salt marshes, 900 metric tons (1,000 tons); and seagrass, 400 metric tons (400 tons), restoring lost...
Posted On 14 Aug 2017
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