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2014 will likely be the hottest on record, ahead of 2010, 2005 and 1998. – The WMO	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I was pregnant and living ... near the factory on that night. We woke up with our eyes burning and could hear people outside screaming, the compensation I received at the time was so little that it was immediately used up on medical treatment for my husband and daughter. – Rambhai Kailash	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The compensation I received at the time was so little that it was immediately used up on medical treatment for my husband and daughter. – Rambhai Kailash	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
That's not even enough to fuel the boat I use for fishing. – Emmanuel Reuben	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is a rare victory. And it underscores the point that wildlife should not be killed for fun and prizes. – Project Coyote Director Camilla Fox	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Definitely we will now strictly enforce forced evacuation, we have no more excuse, we have gone through Yolanda, and to lose that many lives, it's beyond our conscience already. – Jerry Yaokasin	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We have no more excuse, we have gone through Yolanda, and to lose that many lives, it's beyond our conscience already. – Jerry Yaokasin	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The country must make a strong push to tackle growing deforestation, we have to be very careful about deciding what we will accept for forest loss. – Gustavo Suarez de Freitas	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The trend is that deforestation is increasing. – Gustavo Suarez de Freitas	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
That is a waste, the fish that are caught that are dead will come to shore, and they will be used. – Margo Schulze-Haugen	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Some El Nino-like impacts have already been seen this spring in Australia and several regions around the globe, including Asia, South America and southern Africa, the Bureau's December–February Climate Outlook shows a drier and warmer summer is likely for many parts of Australia. – The BOM	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We just have to wait and see how the fish mature in the hatchery and what the environmental conditions look like next winter, the plan theoretically is to put them back in the creek hoping there is enough water to support them. – Manfred Kittel	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
What the U.S. will have to spend to adapt will dwarf what poorer countries will have to pay, these are mind-boggling amounts. – Saleemul Huq	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We are no longer in a situation where just cutting emissions is enough. We also need to adapt to climate change where possible, and where it isn't possible, countries need to be compensated in some way. – Sam Smith	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We can't let that $100 billion be an issue left until Paris - it will break Paris if it is ... it needs to be reconciled over the coming year. – Liz Gallagher	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If these negotiations do not help countries to deal with the real impacts of climate change, and only prioritize emission targets, they will have failed the very people this agreement is meant to protect. – Harjeet Singh	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
From the Andes to the jungles, communities are doing what they can, but their efforts will never be enough without ambitious global action to tackle climate change. – Milo Stanojevich	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Bringing ozone pollution standards in line with the latest science will clean up our air, improve access to crucial air quality information and protect those most at risk, it empowers the American people with updated air quality information to protect our loved ones. – The EPA	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
EPA’s proposal to strengthen the standard is a vital step forward in the fight to protect all Americans from the dangers of breathing ozone pollution. – American Lung Association	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This should be a centerpiece of his environmental legacy. – Terry McGuire	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I believe it's time for direct action on climate change, standing together as ordinary Australians to take control of our shared future. – David Pocock	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If we take into account the same pattern of water extraction and rainfall that we’ve seen so far this month – and it’s been raining less than half of the average – we can say the (reserve) will last up to 60 days. – Marussia Whately	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We are starting 2015 with a serious deficit that won’t be resolved this summer, so we must start thinking about what to do in April, when the dry season begins and we won’t have any more technical reserves to use. – Marussia Whately	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I believe that, technically, it would be unviable. But if it doesn’t rain, we won’t have an alternative but to get water from the mud. – Vicente Andreu	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

2014 will likely be the hottest on record, ahead of 2010, 2005 and 1998.

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I was pregnant and living ... near the factory on that night. We woke up with our eyes burning and could hear people outside screaming, the compensation I received at the time was so little that it was immediately used up on medical treatment for my husband and daughter.

– Rambhai Kailash

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The compensation I received at the time was so little that it was immediately used up on medical treatment for my husband and daughter.

– Rambhai Kailash

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

That's not even enough to fuel the boat I use for fishing.

– Emmanuel Reuben

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is a rare victory. And it underscores the point that wildlife should not be killed for fun and prizes.

– Project Coyote Director Camilla Fox

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Definitely we will now strictly enforce forced evacuation, we have no more excuse, we have gone through Yolanda, and to lose that many lives, it's beyond our conscience already.

– Jerry Yaokasin

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We have no more excuse, we have gone through Yolanda, and to lose that many lives, it's beyond our conscience already.

– Jerry Yaokasin

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The country must make a strong push to tackle growing deforestation, we have to be very careful about deciding what we will accept for forest loss.

– Gustavo Suarez de Freitas

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The trend is that deforestation is increasing.

– Gustavo Suarez de Freitas

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

That is a waste, the fish that are caught that are dead will come to shore, and they will be used.

– Margo Schulze-Haugen

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Some El Nino-like impacts have already been seen this spring in Australia and several regions around the globe, including Asia, South America and southern Africa, the Bureau's December–February Climate Outlook shows a drier and warmer summer is likely for many parts of Australia.

– The BOM

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We just have to wait and see how the fish mature in the hatchery and what the environmental conditions look like next winter, the plan theoretically is to put them back in the creek hoping there is enough water to support them.

– Manfred Kittel

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

What the U.S. will have to spend to adapt will dwarf what poorer countries will have to pay, these are mind-boggling amounts.

– Saleemul Huq

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We are no longer in a situation where just cutting emissions is enough. We also need to adapt to climate change where possible, and where it isn't possible, countries need to be compensated in some way.

– Sam Smith

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We can't let that $100 billion be an issue left until Paris - it will break Paris if it is ... it needs to be reconciled over the coming year.

– Liz Gallagher

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If these negotiations do not help countries to deal with the real impacts of climate change, and only prioritize emission targets, they will have failed the very people this agreement is meant to protect.

– Harjeet Singh

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

From the Andes to the jungles, communities are doing what they can, but their efforts will never be enough without ambitious global action to tackle climate change.

– Milo Stanojevich

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Bringing ozone pollution standards in line with the latest science will clean up our air, improve access to crucial air quality information and protect those most at risk, it empowers the American people with updated air quality information to protect our loved ones.

– The EPA

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

EPA’s proposal to strengthen the standard is a vital step forward in the fight to protect all Americans from the dangers of breathing ozone pollution.

– American Lung Association

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This should be a centerpiece of his environmental legacy.

– Terry McGuire

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I believe it's time for direct action on climate change, standing together as ordinary Australians to take control of our shared future.

– David Pocock

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If we take into account the same pattern of water extraction and rainfall that we’ve seen so far this month – and it’s been raining less than half of the average – we can say the (reserve) will last up to 60 days.

– Marussia Whately

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We are starting 2015 with a serious deficit that won’t be resolved this summer, so we must start thinking about what to do in April, when the dry season begins and we won’t have any more technical reserves to use.

– Marussia Whately

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I believe that, technically, it would be unviable. But if it doesn’t rain, we won’t have an alternative but to get water from the mud.

– Vicente Andreu

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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