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Frac-Sand Mining Boom Adds to Growing List of Fracking Dangers

2013-07-15 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Barely a day now goes by without further evidence of the harm of fracking. Last Thursday scientists reported new compelling evidence of the link between fracking and earthquakes. The scientists argue that, due to fracking, U.S. earthquakes have become approximately five times more common in recent years. The journal Science reported that there have been more than 300 earthquakes above magnitude three on the Richter scale, which are therefore deemed significant, from 2010 to 2012. This equates...

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Dangers of climate change must force NJ to reduce carbon footprint

2013-07-05 12:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Warren Reporter: I recently watched as President Obama laid out his plan to stem the rapid effects of climate change. While I listened to the president, I couldn`t help but to be reminded of Keep America Beautiful`s "Crying Indian" advertisement in the 1970s. As Iron Eyes Cody shed a tear after seeing all the damage caused by litterbugs, the narrator said, "People start pollution. People can stop it." It was true then, and it certainly is true now. Scientists began to recognize the dangers of burning fossil...

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Alberta floods a wake-up call to dangers of extreme weather: Experts

2013-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Ottawa Citizen: The Alberta floods are Canadas Hurricane Sandy moment, and should be a catalyst for badly needed changes to limit future damage from extreme weather, say experts on climate change adaptation. In many cases, the standards for where and how we build are completely out of date with a climatically changed future, said Ian Mauro, Canada Research Chair in human dimension and environmental change at Mount Allison University. The Alberta floods, he said, should be a wake-up call that we need to seriously...

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Obama offers plan to fight climate dangers

2013-06-26 08:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Boston Globe: President Obama on Tuesday unveiled a comprehensive blueprint to combat rising seas and more frequent severe weather caused by climate change, including a long-awaited promise to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant at existing power plants. The 21-page plan would expand production of solar and wind energy and includes billions of dollars in loan guarantees to develop cleaner fossil-fuel and other energy technologies. It also funds new efforts to armor communities against flooding, wildfires,...

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