Tag: climate change
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Survey Says Mayors Actively Curbing Climate Change in Their Cities
It’s good news that there are mayors and or city councils around the country who pledged to actively fight climate change. It’s even better news to learn that they are actually making progress. The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) on Tuesday released information from a survey revealing that two-thirds of participating municipal representatives reported quantifiable reductions in…
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10 Ways Humans Impact the Planet
April 22 is called Earth Day, but we ought to spend more time looking in the mirror today. It could help us understand what we have done and are doing to the planet. Elsevier Connect, a digital publisher of science, health and technology journals and data, helps us with that process by releasing an infographic entitled,…
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Years of Living Dangerously, Years of Opportunity
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Above, watch the trailer for Years of Living Dangerously and the panel discussion with Thomas Friedman during the 2014 Spring Meetings. Below, watch the premiere episode. Fueled by warmer temperatures and added moisture in the air, a storm system coils like a snake ready to strike. Rising seas stand poised…
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Earth Day: Can We Save the Planet From Climate Change?
With the arrival of Earth Day and our celebration of Madre Tierra (Mother Earth), most of us can’t help but be concerned about her health and the impacts that climate change is having on her and our own lives. The Earth is being ravaged by climate change and the evidence is overwhelming. The American Association for the…
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Celebrating the Power of One in Fight Against Climate Change
Suleiman Khan is a freshman student at Montgomery College Rockville. He is an international student from Saudi Arabia who is studying medicine. He aspires to be a doctor, more specifically a general surgeon who can help people in third world countries. He is planning to attend University of Maryland within the next year to continue his bachelors degree.…