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Make this Earth Day a turning point in fighting climate change
2016-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Free Press: On the first Earth Day in 1970, 20 million people raised their voices for the environment. Their energy sparked a movement that now engages more than 1 billion people, in almost every country in the world. Earth Day continues to be the single largest annual secular event in history. The sheer size of the first protest - along with increasing visual evidence of dire health threats associated with air and toxic pollution - forced Congress to pass some of the world's toughest environmental laws,...
Obama: Paris climate pact can be a turning point for the world
2015-12-14 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: President Obama is celebrating victory in getting an international climate accord Saturday, saying it will help stop some of the worst effects of climate change from occurring. In a Saturday evening address at the White House, Obama took significant credit for the United States leading role in the the process toward the agreement. Today, the American people can be proud, because this historic agreement is a tribute to American leadership, he said, highlighting both the domestic climate actions...
'Historic turning point': Final draft of climate deal unveiled
2015-12-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: A draft climate pact has been hammered out after two weeks of intensive talks at the United Nations summit on climate change here, and it could prove to be an "historic turning point," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Saturday. The "final draft" of a pact would be legally binding, Fabius added in Paris at a news conference that included U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. This new draft of the accord would require all countries to take steps to reduce emissions and help each other...
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COP21: Paris conference could be climate turning point, says Obama
2015-11-30 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: US President Barack Obama has said the UN climate conference in Paris could be a "turning point" in global efforts to limit future temperature rises. Negotiators from 195 countries will try to reach a deal within two weeks aimed at reducing global carbon emissions and limiting global warming to 2C (3.6F). Leaders from 147 nations have been addressing the meeting, known as COP21. President Obama urged negotiators to deliver a meaningful deal, because the "next generation is watching". He...
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2014 a turning point for Idaho's struggling sugar beet industry
2015-02-05 10:03:53| Sugar Industry News
2014 was a step in the right direction for Idaho sugar-beet growers, with cash receipts increasing by 9 percent and rising sugar prices returning the first profit in three years.
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