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News Release: Traffic enforcement and education action on SE Clinton Street to highlight safety on neighborhood greenways
2015-12-15 01:05:07| PortlandOnline
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Germany to set out climate action plan by mid-2016
2015-12-14 15:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany will lay out a climate action plan for 2050 by the middle of next year and is talking to industry groups and trade unions about ways to end coal-fired power generation, its Environment Minister said on Monday. Global leaders clinched a breakthrough deal in Paris on Saturday to transform the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades in a bid to arrest global warming. While Germany's green energy campaign has earned it the reputation of a leader in environmental policy, critics...
Photos: Thousands protest in Paris to urge climate action
2015-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Paris today when the negotiations on a historic climate agreement were still ongoing, unfurling long red banners to urge the world not to cross the lines that will lead to catastrophic global warming. Organizers said more than 10,000 people participated in the rally, which came after the French government lifted a ban on protests issued after the terrorist attacks of November 13. The police stood by to make sure it proceeded peacefully. The protesters...
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A la carte action on climate change
2015-12-13 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: At the end of bargaining, when the last bracketed differences in diplomatic language were [resolved] [dropped] [glossed over], the global climate accord that emerged from two weeks of talks in Paris proved to be a very a la carte deal. The intentional flexibility of the Paris agreement was constructed not only to accommodate the diversity of 195 national interests. It had to compensate for its limited legal authority with enough aspirational language to send governments away confident that a global...
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Paris deal on climate change met with calls to action from Canadians
2015-12-13 00:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Experts and environmentalists tried to inject a practical note into Saturday's celebration over the Paris climate agreement, pointing out Canada still doesn't have a federal emissions target. The agreement, which was passed by nearly 200 countries in Paris, asks all countries to restrict their greenhouse gas emissions for the first time. It limits temperature rise to two degrees Celsius. Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna tweeted that the pact was made "for our children." However,...
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