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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The pace at which climate change and environmental degradation are occurring means the international community needs to act quicker, Kenya's president said. Continued here: Kenya latest to press for climate action

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Arctic sea ice is melting far faster than climate models predict. Why? Read more: Beating a retreat

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Honey, we shrank the copepods. These tiny marine animals offer a clue to why a warming climate makes animals smaller. Read the original here: Why the warming climate makes animals smaller

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22 September 2011 - Conventions and protocols on human rights and the environment continued to receive widespread support from Member States on the third day of the annual United Nations event aimed at promoting greater participation in global treaties and international law. Read more from the original source: Environmental, human rights accords continue to gather support at UN...

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California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing recently announced an administrative award of $846,300 to a man fired because he had cancer. This is... Here is the original post: Fired Cancer Patient Gets $846,300 Award

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Santa Monica, CA: The closing of medical marijuana dispensaries are associated with an increase in the incidents of criminal activity in those locations, according to an assessment of crime statistics published this week by the RAND Corporation. Researchers analyzed Los Angeles crime data for the ten days prior to and the ten days following June 7, 2010, when...

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Berkeley, CA: The proliferation of Dutch 'coffee-shops,' which allow for the sale of limited quantities of marijuana to patrons age 18 or older, appears to have had little impact on Dutch cannabis use patterns, according to an analysis published online in the scientific journal Addiction . University of California at Berkeley researcher Robert MacCoun compared some 40 years...

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"All patients stated that consuming cannabis had a positive effect on their disease activity" Tel Aviv, Israel: Cannabis use is associated with a reduction in Crohn's disease (CD) activity and disease-related surgeries, according to the results of a retrospective observational study published in the August issue of the Journal of the Israeli Medical Association . Investigators at the...

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Many landowners in New York are having second thoughts about deals they signed with energy companies to allow hydraulic fracturing on their land. See original here: Hydrofracking Leases Subject of Regrets in New York

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A deadly disease responsible for a sudden decline in two of Britain's most popular garden birds has now spread to Europe. Trichomonosis, a disease normally associated with pigeons, apparently "jumped the species barrier" and began to affect British finches in 2005. Read more here: Bird disease migrates from UK to Europe