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Will Republicans Let Obama Pass Key Climate Change Legislation?
2014-08-23 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ria Novasti: With congressional elections coming up in November, this piece of legislation could prove to be extremely important not just for climate change but for American politics in general. Host of Radio VR's Eco Plus, John Harrison, talks to Ethan Zindler who is head of policy analysis at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Mr. Zindler oversees Bloomberg's New Energy Finance in the Americas. How likely is it that this legislation will pass onto the statute books? Ethan Zindler: It looks quite likely,...
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Republicans to FCC: Don't force municipal broadband on us
2014-08-21 22:19:04| InfoWorld: Top News
Potential Federal Communications Commission plans to change how states can restrict the creation of municipal broadband networks, whether to serve rural areas or compete with telco monoliths, may run into some serious political stati
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Many Republicans privately support action climate
2014-08-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: In stark contrast to their party's public stance on Capitol Hill, many Republicans privately acknowledge the scientific consensus that human activity is at least partially responsible for climate change and recognize the need to address the problem. However, they see little political benefit to speaking out on the issue, since congressional action is probably years away, according to former congressmen, former congressional aides and other sources. In Bloomberg BNA interviews with several dozen...
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Study reports worst climate deniers: Rich Republicans
2014-07-10 18:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: A new study, published in the journal Climate Change, found a strong correlation between Republicans` abundance of wealth and dismissal of climate change. The study, by Jeremiah Bohr at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that "increased income predicts a higher probability of dismissing climate dangers among Republican-leaning individuals when compared with Independents and Democrats," according to the study`s abstract. (On the flip side, as wealth increased for Democrats, the...
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Key Republicans: Solving Climate Change More Important Now Than Ever
2014-07-01 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: By now, everyone has heard that unmitigated climate change can lead to ice caps melting, sea levels rising and heat waves escalating. But the world is just now starting to listen to major national Republicans who are pleading with their partys current leaders to accept the phenomenon as real and to help shape an outcome. It all comes atop a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week that has essentially given the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the right to regulate 83 percent of the emissions...
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