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Ohio rebels against Obama climate change agenda with energy bill
2014-06-14 00:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The coal-heavy state of Ohio rebelled against Barack Obama's climate change agenda on Friday, becoming the first state to roll back measures promoting wind and solar power and energy efficiency. The bill signed into law by Ohio's governor, John Kasich, puts a two-year freeze on measures requiring power companies to obtain some of their electricity from wind and solar power, and reduce demand for electricity. The move will make it harder for Ohio to meet new standards unrolled by the Environmental...
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07.10: The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change
2014-06-13 21:34:10| Powells Books Events Calendar
Climate change is no laughing matter — but maybe it should be. The topic is so critical that everyone, from students to policy makers to voters, needs a quick and easy guide to the basics. The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change (Island Press) entertains as it educates, delivering a unique and enjoyable presentation of mind-blowing facts and critical concepts. "Stand-up economist" Yoram Bauman (with award-winning illustrator Grady Klein) created the funniest overview of climate science, predictions, and policy that you'll ever read. You'll giggle, but you'll also learn — about everything from Milankovitch cycles to carbon taxes. This event is sponsored by the Oregon Environmental Council.
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Vilsack Outlines Plan of Climate Change Attack
2014-06-13 19:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AgWeb: The Agriculture Secretary used a recent speech to update developments in an ongoing program. Tom Vilsacks four-year-old grandson, on a recent visit, enjoyed walking through the dinosaur exhibits at the Natural History Museum in Washington D.C. But the outing, coupled with the recent discovery in Argentina of what might have been one of the largest dinosaurs to roam the earth, reminded the Agriculture Secretary of the potential dire impact of climate change. "It occurred to me that a lot of us...
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Carbon pricing won't solve climate change. Innovation will
2014-06-13 18:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Carbon pricing has been the go-to solution for economists and environmentalists alike since climate change was identified as one of the foremost social and environmental challenges of our time. Want a climate rescue plan? Carbon pricing. Want to raise revenue for clean energy deployment? Carbon pricing. It's the "silver bullet" for other things, too. Want to reduce reliance on foreign oil? Or raise revenue to correct other tax inefficiencies? Carbon pricing. This approach appeals to many because...
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Climate change: historians will look back & ask 'why didn't they act?'
2014-06-13 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Most historians think about the past. Some study the present. Very few, it has to be said, write about the future. But Naomi Oreskes, a Harvard professor in the history of science, believes that our inertia in the face of climate change will puzzle academics for centuries to come. The historian of the future will look back on today and ask, what happened? Why didnt they act on what they knew? she says in her sunny office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, surrounded by rocks that speak of her own...
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