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Albertans want strong action on climate change: Poll
2014-05-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Edmonton Journal: The Alberta government should listen to the large majority that is calling for strong action on climate change -- not just the intense closed-door lobbying effort by oil industry, says the Pembina Institute. A new poll by Ipsos-Reid shows that 76 per cent of Albertans want to see tough action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas industry, says the Pembinas Simon Dyer. Only six per cent were opposed. Its clear Albertans think we can have strong climate legislation and a robust...
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Will public opinion shift with new evidence of climate change?
2014-05-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: Public ambivalence about climate change in this country has been a perplexing -- and vexing -- puzzle for scientists, some policy makers, reporters, and others who operate on the assumption that facts will guide public decisions. Comedian John Oliver did a recent shtick in which he staged a "mathematically representative' television debate on climate change. Two climate change deniers were on one side, 97 actor-scientists on the other, a true representation of the scientific consensus. The...
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Economic View: Buying Insurance Against Climate Change
2014-05-24 15:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The third National Climate Assessment report released on May 6 by the White House, and representing the work of more than 240 scientists warns us about our hazardous future and offers many good ideas for dealing with it. But a most important point may be lost in the crowd. After discussing how to mitigate the coming dangers, the report says, Commercially available mechanisms such as insurance can also play a role in providing protection against losses due to climate change. That sentence should...
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Can China and the US Stop Climate Change?
2014-05-24 07:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Diplomat: Recent tensions over cyber espionage and the South China Sea have brought out areas of disagreement in U.S.-China relations. And yet, even as the U.S. and China trade barbs over these issues, they are stepping up their cooperation on a problem of global significance: climate change. U.S.-China cooperation on climate change isnt new. Just after his election in 2008, Barack Obama promised that his administration would being a new chapter in American leadership on climate change. And to deal effectively...
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When it rains, it pours: Climate change brings droughts and floods alike
2014-05-24 07:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: This is really a call for America to find out, What does climate change mean for where you live? says Paul Fleming, a convening lead author of the National Climate Assessments Water Resources chapter. Fleming talks about how climate change will challenge the reliability of water supplies in the United States in multiple ways. Alterations in precipitation patterns and reduced snowpack are some of the climate-related changes that will affect the quality and quantity of water available to Americans....
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