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Kenya: Optimizing Corn Production in the Face of Climate Change
Posted by Environmental News Network: Robin Valinski on September 18th, 2013
Environmental News Network: Kenya is no stranger to adaptation when it comes to food production. Kenya's cultural and political underpinnings are reliant upon adaptation to current climatic conditions. Present predictions are that drastic adaptation will be necessary once again. According to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), climate change is likely to threaten maize production for farmers in certain areas...
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Comments Off on Kenya: Optimizing Corn Production in the Face of Climate ChangeUK government rejects current Severn barrage plans
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 18th, 2013
Guardian: Plans for a tidal barrage generating power on the Severn estuary were dealt a further blow on Wednesday when the government ruled out proceeding on current plans.
However, ministers said if major changes were made to the scheme, with new environmental studies and reassurances over financing and technology, it could be revived and given serious consideration.
The only current proposals for a barrage come from Hafren Power, which has the backing of the former Welsh secretary Peter Hain, which...
China to publish monthly list of 10 worst polluted cites
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 18th, 2013
Reuters: China will publish a list of its 10 worst - and best - cities for air pollution each month, a top leader said on Wednesday, as the country pushes officials to dispel a persistent smog crisis that is fuelling public anger.
Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said the move would help cities meet targets for cleaning up their air and promote more environmentally-friendly economic growth, the central government said on its website (www.gov.cn).
It did not say when publication of the lists would start.
"Local...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 18th, 2013
Guardian: Tailings produced by informal mining in Peru's Madre de Dios region, 13 September 2013. A study of mercury contamination from rampant informal gold mining in Peru's Amazon says indigenous people who get their protein mostly from fish are the most affected, particularly their children
Mexico floods cause worst storm damage in decades
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 18th, 2013
Guardian: Mexico has suffered some of the worst storm damage in decades after it was hit by both tropical storm 'Manuel', and the hurricane 'Ingrid', and more than 50 people have been killed across the country
Did Climate Change Worsen the Colorado Floods?
Posted by Mother Jones: Chris Mooney on September 18th, 2013
Mother Jones: Last Thursday, as torrential rains turned into floods that washed away homes, roads, and bridges in Boulder, Colorado, and the surrounding region, the local National Weather Service forecast office went ahead and said what we were all thinking. It put it like this:
MAJOR FLOODING/FLASH FLOODING EVENT UNDERWAY AT THIS TIME WITH BIBLICAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS REPORTED IN MANY AREAS IN/NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.
The word "biblical" certainly captures the almost preternatural scale of the Colorado floods,...
Credits from first African government-backed REDD+ project go on sale
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 18th, 2013
Mongabay: Carbon credits generated from protecting thousands of hectares of endangered rainforest in northeastern Madagascar have now been certified for sale, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the project's main organizer. The development represents the first time that credits generated by African government-owned project have been put on the voluntary carbon market.
The Makira REDD+ Project aims to protect 400,000 hectares of forest in a part of Madagascar that has suffered from illegal...
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