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Climate Change Worsens Disaster Risks for Poor
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Alister Doyle, Reuters: "Climate change will aggravate natural disasters and people in developing nations such as Dominica, Vanuatu, Myanmar and Guatemala are most at risk, a UN-backed study showed on Thursday."

Report: "Green" Jobs Outpacing Traditional Ones
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Ron Scherer, The Christian Science Monitor: "'Green jobs' are growing nearly two and a half times as fast as traditional jobs, finds a new study by Pew Charitable Trusts. The study, released Wednesday by Pew as the first-ever count of such jobs in all 50 states, concludes that the clean energy economy, while still in its infancy, 'is a vital component of America's new economic landscape.'"

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