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EPA chief: Public tired of debating climate change
2014-10-24 17:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy said Friday that the public does not want more "debate or discussion" about climate change, but government action. "First, people overwhelmingly consider climate change to be a problemand they want action, not more debate or discussion," McCarthy said in a speech at Georgetown University. "Second, whats even more impressive, is that we see overwhelming support specifically for EPA action to curb carbon pollution from power plants,"...
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E.U. Climate Chief Says Energy, Climate Deal Next Week 'Feasible'
2014-10-20 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: EU leaders are likely to agree a new decade of climate and energy policy next week despite the "legitimate concerns" of several nations, Europe's climate boss said on Thursday. European Union leaders have set themselves a deadline of the end of October to agree on green energy goals for 2030 to follow on from 2020 policy. Provided they agree, the EU will be the first major bloc to set out its position ahead of a U.N. conference in Paris in 2015 to negotiate an international pact on curbing...
Australia: Climate change forcing rethink on fire risk, RFS chief Shane Fitzsimmons says
2014-10-17 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Climate change is having an impact on every level of fire management, the New South Wales rural fire chief has said on the first anniversary of the Blue Mountains bushfires. The NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said with more days of high fire danger, there is now a shrinking window of opportunity to carry out back-burning and other hazard reduction. "If our window of opportunity continues to shrink, in order to get those really important pre-season activities underway...
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EPA Chief Gina McCarthy Calls Out Climate Deniers
2014-09-26 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In a speech yesterday at environmental think tank Resources for the Future, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Gina McCarthy said it was sad that those who deny the need for action on climate change hide behind the excuse that it will hurt the economy. She made the case that it was not taking action that would do, defending the steps that President Obama has announced in recent weeks, including at this weeks UN Climate Summit, as a boon to the U.S. economy. Simply put: the economy...
EU climate change chief: Obama has six months take substantial action
2014-09-25 16:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama has six months to deliver on the promises he made in a rousing speech at the United Nations climate change summit, Europes climate action commissioner said. Obama, in a well-received address on Tuesday, promised the United States would play a leading role in reaching an international agreement to fight climate change, due to be finalised in Paris at the end of next year. Connie Hedegaard, who is responsible for ensuring the European Union meets its climate change obligations,...
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