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IAIA17, Impact Assessment’s Contribution to the Global Efforts in Addressing Climate Change [1]

Using our skills to adapt or mitigate the adverse effects of climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face. The 37th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment in Montréal will share information, best practices, success stories, innovations, and lessons learned with delegates from all over the world.

"Electric Vehicles: How Car Charging Is Going The Way Of Airbnb " [2]

"PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Tim Thomson needed a charge, quickly. With his all-electric Nissan Leaf fast losing battery power and no places to plug in along the highway from Fresno, Calif., to San Francisco, Thompson turned to his iPhone. He pulled up an application called PlugShare that maps charging stations for electric vehicle drivers. A resident in nearby Madera had advertised his home charging station, so Thomson called in a panic."

Source: Greenwire [3], 08/04/2016

"Anthrax Outbreak Strikes Russian Arctic Amid Unusually Hot Summer" [4]

"An anthrax outbreak in remote western Siberia has led to the hospitalization of at least 90 people in the Arctic town of Salekhard, with at least 20 confirmed cases of the illness. One person, a 12-year-old boy, has died from anthrax according to the TASS News Agency and other media reports."

Source: Mashable [5], 08/04/2016

"Western Water: Thirsty Westlands Faces Escalating Woes" [8]

"MENDOTA, Calif. — Driving down Highway 33 through California's Central Valley, signs of the state's ongoing drought — and water wars — are everywhere. Fields of green winter wheat and diagonal rows of almond trees alternate with brown fields. Billboards every few miles read, 'No water = No jobs.'"

Source: Greenwire [9], 08/04/2016

"Thirteen States Sue Over EPA Methane Rule" [16]

"More than a dozen states have sued the Obama administration over a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule to limit methane emissions at oil and natural gas sites."

Source: The Hill [17], 08/04/2016

"Australia Orders Climate Change U-Turn At Peak Science Body" [18]

"Australia's re-elected conservative government has announced a U-turn in its climate change policy, reinstating climate science as the bedrock of its peak science body [CSIRO] just months after slashing its funding and axing hundreds of jobs."

Source: Reuters [19], 08/04/2016

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