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New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Designer Stella McCartney doesn’t use leather on the runway. She is staunch supporter of Meatless Monday. And now, the famous designer and daughter of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, uses her love of the environment and animals, in her new sunglasses. The stellar Stella shades are made with injected bioplatsics, comprised of 54 percent castor seed oil, a renewable resource, which takes very little pesticides to grow. The collection features two retro plastic frames and three wire-rimmed styles. Prices start at $225 and will be in stores this spring.
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Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) – Climate vulnerable countries have developed a roadmap and action plan aiming to reach a consensus to stand united at negotiations at the Durban climate conference scheduled to take place in two weeks. The two-day international Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) ended in the Bangladesh capital on Monday. Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries that will bear the brunt of climatic calamity for no or little fault of their own. Officials from 19 countries and observers from eight countries expressed their concern that climate change is causing political, economic and social instability exacerbating insecurity for the people of the poorest countries. Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina [...] Continue Reading…
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Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) – A new global ranking of climate change finds most Asian countries including Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Vietnam and Pakistan will face the greatest risks to their populations, ecosystems and business environments. The index rates 16 countries as “extreme risk,” including nations that represent new Asian economic power and possess significant forecasts of growth. The highest risk categories are major contributors to the ongoing global economic recovery and are vital to the future expansion of Western businesses in particular, which worries environmentalists. The new Climate Change Vulnerability Index released by global risks advisory firm Maplecroft recently enables organizations to identify areas of risk within their operations, supply chains [...] Continue Reading…
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Mombasa, Kenya (IRIN) – Flash floods in coastal areas of Kenya have claimed several lives, damaged schools and destroyed sewage systems, leading to fears of disease outbreaks, according to officials and local residents. Affected areas include Changamwe, Kisauni, Kongowea and Likoni estates in Mombasa, where flood waters have submerged large areas, making it difficult for residents to access clean water. Pit latrines have also been submerged in Ukunda in Kwale County, which neighbors Mombasa. Residents depending on boreholes for their water supply have called on the government to intervene after sewage found its way into their source of clean water. “Even water from the tap is smelling of sewage, we just don’t know what to [...] Continue Reading…
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Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines (AHN) – As Typhoon Nalgae moved out of the Philippine area of responsibility, it left 18 people dead in Bulacan and many towns in central Luzon provinces flooded. According to reports, most of the dead were either electrocuted or killed by falling trees. Nalgae hit the Philippines on Saturday with winds of 140 kilometers per hour (87 miles per hour), and moved towards Vietnam. It is the second typhoon to hit the southeast Asian nation after Nesat battered the country on Tuesday, killing at least 52 people. The country is still recovering from the two typhoons and a third one is forecast to be heading for the [...] Continue Reading…
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Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – Sea-level rise could wipe out California’s coastline over the next century, causing major economic losses to the state’s tourism industry. Experts from San Francisco State University revealed last week that sea level in California has risen 8 inches in the last 100 years and could climb another 55 inches by 2100 as increasing global temperatures cause seawater to expand and ice sheets to melt. Beach communities along California’s coastline would be at risk of being submerged. Affected areas would include Carpinteria, Malibu, Venice, and Ocean Beach in San Francisco, and Torrey Pines State Reserve near San Diego. The disappearance of these beaches are projected [...] Continue Reading…
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Karachi, Pakistan (IRIN) – Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh is facing disaster once more with heavy rains over the past five days, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). “Two million people in 15 [out of 23] districts have been affected,” PDMA Director of Operations Sajjad Haider told IRIN. He also said crops had been devastated. Eighty-five people are reported to have died and provincial authorities have announced disaster relief measures, including compensation packages for victims. Haider said crops had been devastated. A local official in Badin District in southern Sindh, who asked not to be named, said: “The international humanitarian agencies are likely to be called in soon.” “My sugarcane crop, which was [...] Continue Reading…
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Hola-Mwingi, Kenya (IRIN) – In the drought-affected lower eastern and coastal regions of Kenya, accessing water is an arduous and sometimes dangerous task. “In some places, you have six people lining down [forming a human ladder] into a well to draw water,” Henry Obino, the Tana River District Commissioner, told IRIN. “The wells are 30-35 feet [9-10.5m] deep now.” Falling water table levels due to failed past rains have meant that water sources have not been replenished, forcing residents, who live far from the Tana River, Kenya’s longest, to dig wells deeper, despite the risk of collapse. On 7 August, a well collapsed in the local Konekaliti area, killing one person, said Obino. [...] Continue Reading…
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (AHN) – British Columbia sent 56 more firefighters over the weekend to Ontario to help douse the 141 forest fires in the Canadian province. BC Fire Information Officer Alyson Couch said BC was responding to a request for more manpower as over 500 firefighters from different Canadian provinces expect more fires caused by lightning. Since the forest fires broke in northern Ontario, BC had deployed a total of 759 firefighters to Ontario, spread in eight waves. The 56 left on Saturday. Those deployed in other Canadian provinces stay an average of 19 days in their out-of-province assignments, but they could be recalled anytime if fires would break [...] Continue Reading…
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Austin, TX, United States (AHN) – The ongoing drought has affected at least fourteen states, including Georgia, Arizona, Texas, Florida, and Oklahoma. The dry and rainless weather ironically comes at about the same time that parts of the United States are also suffering from floods and tornadoes. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration blames the extreme weather phenomenon to the strong La Nina, which shut off the southern source of moisture. La Nina is a weather pattern characterized by an abnormal cooling of the Pacific Waters. It usually comes after El Nino, which is marked by an abnormal warming of the Pacific Waters. As a result of the heat and dry weather, [...] Continue Reading…
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