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Fossil Fuel Leasing on Public Lands Must End to Prevent Global Climate Crisis, Report Finds
2015-08-19 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Ending new fossil fuel leasing on lands and offshore areas controlled by the U.S. government would keep up to 450 billion tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) from polluting the atmosphere, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by EcoShift on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth released today. The analysis, The Potential Greenhouse Gas Emissions of U.S. Federal Fossil Fuels, models the life-cycle greenhouse gas pollution that would result from developing federally-controlled...
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Pakistan: Climate change : Minister echoes global warming concerns
2015-07-27 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express Tribune: The present unsustainable global economic order has brutally overexploited natural resources to achieve so-called development, benefitted a few while plunging millions in the developing world into poverty and debt. This was stated by Climate Change Minister Mushahidullah Khan while speaking to the media on Sunday. The world direly needs a whole new economic framework to cope with these challenges being aggravated further by the consequences of the global warming caused by the increasing trajectory...
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Vatican ropes in global leaders to fight climate change, modern slavery
2015-07-26 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Catholic News Agency: Drawing dozens of mayors from major cities worldwide to discuss the link between slavery and climate change, this week's Vatican conference showed how secular leaders are responding to Pope Francis' lead in protecting the environment and, more importantly, the vulnerable. The Church has a role to protect the vulnerable, and if we follow the words of the Pope, we actually bring into account those who create the suffering of others, said Kevin Hyland, United Kingdom Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner...
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Global climate deal 'must be found', says French president
2015-07-21 16:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: French President Francois Hollande sought Tuesday to raise the stakes for a UN climate conference his country will host at the end of the year, saying the world faced a global warming crisis. Addressing international dignitaries at a "Summit of Conscience for the Climate" in the French capital, Hollande called insisted that "an agreement must be found". As some 40 foreign and environment ministers met elsewhere in the French capital to accelerate flagging UN negotiations, Hollande underlined...
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California is a global leader in combating climate change, but it hasnt been enough
2015-07-19 03:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Daily News: Nearly a decade ago, California policymakers, facing a frightening future of shriveling snowpacks and rising seas, created the nations most aggressive program to combat global warming. The 2006 law mandated broad reductions of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Now, as the deadline approaches, Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers are intensifying their efforts. They are crafting emissions-reduction targets for 2030 and 2050 that will be far more difficult to meet. One bill seeks to slash...
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