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Republicans still hunting a way forward on landmark climate deal
2016-01-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: If Republicans are preparing to launch an offensive against the historic climate change agreement the Obama administration struck in Paris last month, they're being awfully quiet about it. While die-hard congressional opponents of President Obama's climate policies did respond to the mid-December news that nearly 200 nations had accepted a long-sought deal, those statements were fewer and less vitriolic than expected -- especially considering that the White House was claiming the accord as a cornerstone...
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Star Citizen's Second Alpha Hurtles Past $100M Landmark
2015-12-16 16:26:13| TechNewsWorld
Racking in more than 200 times its original asking price, the crowdfunded space simulator Star Citizen recently reached a landmark 100 million in backer dollars. At the same time, developer Cloud Imperium released version 2.0 of the game's Alpha build. It's billed as the biggest Star Citizen update yet. The update puts to use the Star Citizen's multi-crew component.
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Key points of the landmark Paris climate agreement
2015-12-12 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: U.N. climate talks reached a milestone Saturday when more than 190 countries adopted the first accord asking all countries to join the fight against global warming. Here are some of the key elements of the deal: LONG-TERM GOAL: The long-term objective of the agreement is to make sure global warming stays "well below" 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) and to "pursue efforts" to limit the temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). Temperatures have already increased...
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Joyful ministers seal landmark Paris Agreement to stop global warming
2015-12-12 19:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Cheering envoys from 195 nations approved Saturday a historic accord in Paris to stop global warming, offering hope that humanity can avert catastrophic climate change and usher in an energy revolution. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ended nearly a fortnight of gruelling UN negotiations with the bang of a gavel, marking consensus among the ministers, who stood for several minutes to clap and shout their joy, with some shedding tears of relief. "I see the room, I see the reaction is...
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World agrees landmark climate deal
2015-12-12 19:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A deal to attempt to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2C has been agreed at the climate change summit in Paris after two weeks of negotiations. The pact is the first to commit all countries to cut carbon emissions. The agreement is partly legally binding and partly voluntary. Earlier, key blocs, including the G77 group of developing countries, and nations such as China and India said they supported the proposals. President of the UN climate conference of parties (COP)...
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