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Who is your pick amongst the Republican hopefuls for president?

2016-01-21 16:55:44| Beef

While the Iowa Primary will officially kick off the 2016 presidential election season, the posturing and rhetoric has long been underway. Donald Trump Ted Cruz Marco Rubio Ben Carson None of these read more

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GOP hopefuls ignore climate change

2015-12-21 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Albany Herald: Amazingly, tellingly, the last Republican debate included not a single question about one of the most ambitious international agreements in civilized history the recently concluded Paris accord on climate change. Signed by nearly 200 countries, including the United States, the agreement attempts to moderate a threat to human existence: the warming of the planet. But there was barely a mention of climate change on that debate stage. Not only didnt the moderators consider it worthy of a question,...

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GOP hopefuls not embracing climate change

2015-08-01 05:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Globe: Rick Santorum calls climate change "a beautifully concocted scheme.' Senator Ted Cruz contends that no climate change has been recorded in the last 15 years, bluntly declaring, "It hasn't happened.' Ben Carson, a renowned neurosurgeon, has said, "We may be warming. We may be cooling.' Former Florida governor Jeb Bush grants that climate change is real, but he is unwilling to say it is caused by humans. Donald Trump, meanwhile, sees a conspiracy: "The concept of global warming was created by...

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Republican presidential hopefuls on hot seat, thanks Pope Francis

2015-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: For more than half a century, Catholic politicians in the United States have regularly been put in awkward positions on the question of how closely they would -- or should -- follow the dictates of the Vatican. Until recently, Democrats usually were the ones to feel the most heat. But now it is the turn of Republicans, thanks to Pope Francis, the charismatic and activist pontiff who is set to visit the United States in September. The popes 192-page call to action Thursday, which blames the...

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