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Malaysian dam project opposed by tribes gets green light: report
2015-05-16 12:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Construction of a Malaysian dam that will flood a rainforested area half the size of Singapore and displace 20,000 tribespeople was given the green light Saturday by the state government, local media reported. "The construction will commence as soon as possible," Adenan Satem, chief minister of the state of Sarawak on Borneo island, was quoted by The Star as saying. The announcement will be a major disappointment for indigenous groups who have staged increasing demonstrations and road blockades...
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Conservative push for solar is backed by usual green advocates
2015-05-15 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: When Debbie Dooley, a Tea Party firebrand from Woodstock Georgia, makes the case for solar power, she doesn't rely on the usual environmental talking points. She speaks of property rights, national security and free market competition. Former Republican Congressman Barry Goldwater, Jr. casts his support for solar energy as a conservative stance against monopoly power utilities that "want to limit energy choice." Dooley and Goldwater, along with the right-leaning pro-solar groups they founded,...
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U.S. green groups sue in challenge to oil train safety rules
2015-05-14 22:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Seven environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging safety rules issued earlier this month for trains carrying oil, arguing the regulations are too weak to protect the public. The groups, including the Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity, charge that the rules, issued on May 1, will allow industry to continue to use "unsafe tank cars" for up to 10 years and fail to set adequate speed limits for oil trains. "Were suing the administration because these rules wont protect...
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How China's energy is becoming more green than black
2015-05-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Project Syndicate: China generates most of its electricity by burning fossil fuels, just as every rising economic power has done since the Industrial Revolution. But to focus on this single fact risks overlooking a notable trend. The Chinese system of power generation is turning green far more quickly than any other system of comparable size on the planet. This trend is visible in three areas. The first is electricity generation. According to data released by the China Electricity Council, the amount of power...
Global warming and the "Green Rush"
2015-05-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Climate: Global warming may give a minor twist to that classic hippie bumper sticker that quips "Acid rain: Too bad it's not as much fun as it sounds." Turns out a warming climate could boost the medicinal and psychoactive properties of plants including cannabis. But that`s not all: Climate change will also open up higher elevations to growing weed clandestinely on public lands, a practice that`s putting increased strain on fragile ecosystems. Some say relaxed marijuana laws exacerbate the problem by bringing...
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