Saturday, June 02, 2012

‘We’re in the coal business’: Campbell Newman slams UNESCO Great Barrier Reef warning | JunkScience.com

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says he will protect the environment but not at the expense of the state’s economic future.

Clinton to see climate change impact in Arctic - PanARMENIAN.Net

PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew to Tromsoe in the Arctic Circle to see first hand the way climate change is opening a once frozen region to competition for vast oil reserves, according to AFP.

...And with climate warming opening up some 46,000 kilometers a year that had once been bound in ice, the region is expected to burst open, not just with oil exploration but with East-West trade along a more accessible northern route.

Climate Change Drives Exodus to Jakarta | The Jakarta Globe

Erratic weather in Indramayu affects jobs in Jakarta, which are often on contract. “Until a few years ago, we could be sure of our schedules and sign up for specified months,” says Sudira, a construction laborer.
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Supali Kasim, chairman of the Indramayu Art Council, explains that female migration from Indramayu goes back to a prolonged drought in the 1960s.

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