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Norway extends forest conservation initiative
2015-12-14 14:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: At the Paris climate convention on Friday, Norwegian Minister of Environment and Climate Tine Sundtoft said the country would extend its International Climate and Forest Initiative through 2030. Norway has already put 17 billion krone ($2.5 billion) into supporting forest conservation initiatives. Norway said most of its spending will be targeted "towards paying for verified emissions reductions, in line with relevant UNFCCC decisions". Norway already has performance-based agreements for reducing...
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Battling climate change - with worms and soil conservation
2015-12-06 17:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Nicolas Denieul plants his spade in the ground and turns over a clod of soil to reveal a mass of earthworms seething around plant roots fat ones and thin ones, delicate translucent violet and dark brown. "That is magnificent. Ten years ago, I never thought I'd see anything like that!" said Denieul, a cheerful French farmer, his hands full of earth in the biting wind. For 10 years ago, there were no worms roaming about his land, near the western city of Le Mans, where he grows wheat, corn and...
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Why the League of Conservation Voters was wrong endorse Hillary Clinton
2015-12-05 13:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Last month, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund took the unprecedented step of endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, after only one debate between the Democratic candidates and months before the first vote in the Democratic primaries will be cast. That was a big mistake. Its far too early in this primary for the nations most powerful environmental political organization to endorse. In 2004, LCVs endorsement of John Kerry before the New Hampshire primary was unprecedented...
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Review of landscape conservation cooperatives
2015-12-04 04:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Because fish, wildlife, habitats, and cultural resources extend beyond political boundaries, there is a national need to develop resource management strategies across jurisdictions and sectors, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs), initiated by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 2009 and coordinated by the department's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), were created to address...
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AM Conservation Group and Illume Share White Paper Examining School-Based Efficiency Programs
2015-12-02 11:31:07| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
CHARLESTON, SC To utilities, children are more than just the future; they're also influencers of the present. AM Conservation Group, the nation's leader in energy and water solutions, and the research team at Illume Advising, released a white paper examining school-based energy programs sponsored by electric...
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