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GPS tracking of 52 female adult polar bears by US Geological Survey reveals average swim of 96 miles and one of 220 miles

HAVANA, May 3, 2012 (IPS) – Local communities can play a key role in adaptation to climate change if they are helped to properly understand the problem and take it on board. “Climate literacy is needed,” says Ángela Corvea, a long-time Cuban environmental activist.

ScienceDaily (May 2, 2012) – Climate change appears to be good news for destructive bark beetles, according to a new study by Lorenzo Marini from the University of Padova in Italy, and his team.

MANILA, Philippines – Developing countries like the Philippines must act now to help prevent catastrophic climate change as they become global growth drivers, a report read at the 45th Asian Development Bank (ADB) annual meeting Thursday warned.

ScienceDaily (May 2, 2012) – Experiments may dramatically underestimate how plants will respond to climate change in the future.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 2 (UPI) — New Zealand needs to plan to meet the threats of more severe floods as sea levels rise with climate change, government scientists warned Tuesday

PARIS – Experiments that try to simulate global warming’s impact on plants badly underestimate what happens in the real world, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature.

As most employers know, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in the Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court case. The Brinker case…

This 21-page document by Los Angeles County Deputy Public Defender Al Menaster (Appellate Branch) is produced on an annual basis and presented with commentary by Al at the CPDA Annual Convention each April. …

“No shirt, no shoes, no service,” is a policy commonly posted in many retail businesses. But what about your employees? Should you prevent them from going barefoot at work? Small businesses often require customers to wear shoes because of liability concerns, such as: What if a barefoot customer steps on something and then sues for her injury? Similar concerns are afoot when employers institute policies against going barefoot at work. But as far as the law is concerned, employee footwear is generally required in only a few specific circumstances. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s rules require an…